FromOld Englishsixtēoþa, equivalent tosixteen +-th.
- IPA(key): /ˌsɪksˈtiːnθ/
- Rhymes:-iːnθ
- Hyphenation:six‧teenth
sixteenth
- Theordinal form of the numbersixteen.
1976,Apollo: A Journal of the Arts:[…] a pair of pauldrons with the light horizontal bar which in later years developed into the high neckguard of thesixteenth century; numbers of gauntlets, visors of helmets, and other pieces, the handling of which is a sheer joy […]
English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.
- 16th, 16th; (in names of monarchs and popes) XVI
the ordinal form of the number sixteen
—see also16thsixteenth (pluralsixteenths)
- One ofsixteenequalparts of a whole.
Asixteenth of 320 is 20.
one of sixteen equal parts of a whole
