Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sixteenth

/ˌsɪksˈtiːnθ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English

Syllables: six-teenth
IPA: /ˌsɪksˈtiːnθ/

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

The ordinal form of the number sixteen.

noun

One of sixteen equal parts of a whole.

Example Sentences

"[…] a pair of pauldrons with the light horizontal bar which in later years developed into the high neckguard of the sixteenth century; numbers of gauntlets, visors of helmets, and other pieces, the handling of which is a sheer joy […]"
"A sixteenth of 320 is 20."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sixtenthe, sixtethe, from Old English sixtēoþa, equivalent to sixteen + -th.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: sixtenthe, sixtēoþa

Inflected Forms

sixteenths (plural)

Derived Forms

sixteenthly

Phrases

sixteenth note sixteenth rest

Synonyms

16th one-sixteenth sixteenth part

Rhymes With

nineteenth eighteenth thirteenth fourteenth seventeenth fifteenth friday the 13th juneteenth greenth

Questions

How do you pronounce sixteenth?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɪksˈtiːnθ/.
What does sixteenth mean?: The ordinal form of the number sixteen.
Where does sixteenth come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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