dieciséis
Asturian edit
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Cardinal : dieciséis Ordinal : decimosestu | ||
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From diez (“ten”) + y (“and”) + seis (“six”).
Numeral edit
dieciséis (indeclinable)
Spanish edit
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Cardinal: dieciséis Ordinal: decimosexto, décimo sexto Ordinal abbreviation: 16.º Fractional: dieciseisavo | ||
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish dizeseis, diezeseis (literally “ten and six”), an analytical form (compare Galician dezaseis, Portuguese dezesseis, dezasseis) replacing Old Spanish seze, sedze, from Latin sēdecim (compare Catalan setze, French seize, Italian sedici).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /djeθiˈseis/ [d̪je.θiˈsei̯s]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /djesiˈseis/ [d̪je.siˈsei̯s]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -eis
- Syllabification: die‧ci‧séis
Numeral edit
dieciséis
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Tagalog: disiseis
Further reading edit
- “dieciséis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014