dezesseis
Portuguese edit
← 15 | 16 | 17 → [a], [b] |
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Cardinal (Brazil): dezesseis Cardinal (Portugal): dezasseis Ordinal: décimo sexto Ordinal abbreviation: 16.º Fractional (Brazil): dezesseis avos Fractional (Portugal): dezasseis avos |
Alternative forms edit
obsolete and nonstandard spellings
- desaseis (obsolete)
- desaseys (obsolete, rare)
- desasseis (obsolete)
- deseseis (obsolete)
- desesseis (obsolete, now a common misspelling)
- dezaseis (obsolete)
- dezaseys (obsolete)
- dezasseys (obsolete, rare)
- dezeseis (obsolete, now a common misspelling)
- dez e seis (obsolete, rare)
- dez e seys (obsolete, rare)
- dizesseis (eye dialect, Brazil)
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese dez (“ten”) + e (“and”) + seys (“six”).
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
dezesseis m or f (Brazilian spelling)
- sixteen
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 271:
- Você tem dezesseis anos...
- You are sixteen years old...
Noun edit
dezesseis m (invariable) (Brazilian spelling)