dieciséis

• selce

From diez (“ten”) + y (“and”) + seis (“six”).

dieciséis (indeclinable)

1. sixteen

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

• IPA^(key): /djeθiˈseis/ [d̪je.θiˈsei̯s] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /djesiˈseis/ [d̪je.siˈsei̯s] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -eis
• Syllabification: die‧ci‧séis

dieciséis

1. sixteen

   Synonym: sece (obsolete)

• → Tagalog: disiseis

• “dieciséis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024