sixtene

Middle English

Middle English numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: sixtene

Alternative forms

• sextene, sixetene, sexteen, sexten, cextene, syxtene, sixteen

Etymology

From Anglian Old English sixtēne (compare West Saxon Old English siextīene), from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun; equivalent to six +‎ -tene.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiksteːn(ə)/, /ˈsɛksteːn(ə)/

Numeral

sixtene

1. sixteen

Descendants

• English: sixteen
• Scots: saxteen

References

• “sixtẹ̄n(e, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 19 December 2018.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiksˌteː.ne/

Numeral

sixtēne

1. alternative form of sixtīene