dieciséis

Asturian
Asturian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : dieciséis
    Ordinal : decimosestu

Alternative forms

Etymology

From diez (“ten”) + y (“and”) + seis (“six”).

Numeral

dieciséis (indeclinable)

  1. sixteen

Spanish
Spanish cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : dieciséis
    Ordinal : decimosexto

Etymology

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
  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /djeθiˈseis/, [d̪jeθiˈsei̯s]
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /djesiˈseis/, [d̪jesiˈsei̯s]

Numeral

dieciséis

  1. sixteen

Derived terms
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