Asturian

Alternative forms

• selce

Numeral

dieciséis (indeclinable)

1. (cardinal) sixteen

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish dizeseis, diezeseis ‎(literally “ten and six”), an analytical form (compare Galician dezaseis, Portuguese dezesseis) replacing Old Spanish sedze, seze, from Latin sēdecim (compare Catalan setze, French seize, Italian sedici).

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /dje.θi.ˈse.is/
• (Others) IPA^(key): /dje.si.ˈse.is/

Numeral

dieciséis

1. (cardinal) sixteen

Derived terms

• dieciseisavo