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six·teen

(sĭk-stēn′)

1. The cardinal number equal to the sum of 15 + 1.

2. The 16th in a set or sequence.

[Middle English sixtene, from Old English sixtȳne; see s(w)eks in Indo-European roots.]

six·teen′ adj. & pron.

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sixteen

(ˈsɪksˈtiːn)

1. (Mathematics) the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and six. See also number¹

2. (Mathematics) a numeral, 16, XVI, etc, representing this number

3. (Music, other) music the numeral 16 used as the lower figure of a time signature to indicate that the beat is measured in semiquavers

4. something represented by, representing, or consisting of 16 units

determiner

a. amounting to sixteen: sixteen tons.

b. (as pronoun): sixteen are known to the police.

[Old English sextyne]

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six•teen

(ˈsɪksˈtin)

n.

1. a cardinal number, ten plus six.

2. a symbol for this number, as 16 or XVI.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

adj.

4. amounting to 16 in number.

[before 900; Old English sixtēne]

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Noun	1.	sixteen - the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one 16, XVI large integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten
Adj.	1.	sixteen - being one more than fifteen 16, xvi cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers"

Translations

الرقم 16السّادِس عَشَرسِتَّةَ عَشَرَستة عشرعُمْر ال 16

setze

šestnáctšestnáct letšestnáctiletý

seksten

sechzehn

δεκαέξι

dek ses

dieciséis

kuusteist

kuusitoista

seize

šesnaest

tizenhat

sextánsextán ára

sedici

十六

sedecim

šešiolikašešiolikametisšešiolikos metųšešiolikos metų amžiusšešioliktas

sešpadsmitsešpadsmit gadu vecumssešpadsmitgadīgs

zestien

seksten sekstenårsalder

szesnaście

dezasseis dezesseis

шестнадцать

šestnásťšestnásť rokov

šestnajst

sexton

สิบหก

on altıon altı yaşon altı yaşında

mười sáu

十六十六...十六岁十六岁的

sixteen

[ˈsɪksˈtiːn]

A. ADJ → dieciséis, diez y seis
she was sweet sixteen → tenía dieciséis años y estaba en la flor de la vida

B. N → dieciséis m, diez y seis m
see five for usage

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sixteen

[ˌsɪksˈtiːn] num → seize
He's sixteen → Il a seize ans.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sixteen

adj → sechzehn

n → Sechzehn f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

sixteen

[ˌsɪksˈtiːn]

1. adj → sedici inv

2. n → sedici m inv
for usage see five

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sixteen

(siksˈtiːn) noun

1. the number or figure 16.

2. the age of 16.

adjective

1. 16 in number.

2. aged 16.

sixteen-

having sixteen (of something). a sixteen-page booklet.

ˌsixˈteenth noun

1. one of sixteen equal parts.

2. (also adjective) (the) last of sixteen (people, things etc); (the) next after the fifteenth.

ˌsixˈteen-year-old noun

a person or animal that is sixteen years old.

adjective

(of a person, animal or thing) that is sixteen years old.

sixteen

→ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ šestnáct seksten sechzehn δεκαέξι dieciséis kuusitoista seize šesnaest sedici 十六 16 zestien seksten szesnaście dezasseis, dezesseis шестнадцать sexton สิบหก on altı mười sáu 十六

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