/sɛz/
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Translation
sixteen
Word origin
From Latin sedecim ('sixteen'), from sex ('six') and decem ('ten').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- sedecim
- English cognates
- sixteen
Grammar
Feminineseize
Fem pluralseize
Examples
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My daughter is sixteen years old.
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There are sixteen people in the room.
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The train leaves at four o'clock in the afternoon.
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We waited sixteen minutes.
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She lives at number sixteen, Paris Street.
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