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/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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This word is part of lesson 95.