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sixteen

six·teen

UK/ˈsɪks.tiːn/ US/ˌsɪksˈtiːn/ fairly common
adjective (1) noun (1)

adjective

1.

being one more than fifteen

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noun

1.

the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one

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Inherited from Middle English sextene, sixtene, from Old English sixtīene, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun. Cognate with West Frisian sechstjin, Dutch zestien, German sechzehn, Danish seksten. Equivalent to six + -teen.

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