sixteenth

American  

[siks-teenth] / ˈsɪksˈtinθ /

adjective

1. next after the fifteenth; being the ordinal number for 16.

2. being one of 16 equal parts.

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noun

1. a sixteenth part, especially of one (1/16).

2. the sixteenth member of a series.

3. Music. sixteenth note.

Etymology

Origin of sixteenth

before 900; Middle English sixtenthe ( sixteen, -th ² ); replacing Middle English sixtenthe, sixtethe, Old English sixtēotha ( tithe )

Example Sentences

“Tryouts are the Friday before holiday break. December sixteenth, I believe.”

From Literature

She’s 16, and by now she knows how to issue perfect sound bites: “I think every citizen should be given an electric guitar on her sixteenth birthday.”

From Salon

Surely Penelope’s former headmistress would never have forgotten her sixteenth birthday!

From Literature

From the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, approximately twelve million Africans were transported across the Atlantic as human property.

From Literature

Indeed, Spanish steel might have conquered the New World in the sixteenth century, but its long rule over that vast region was facilitated by the appeal of a shared Christian religion.

From Salon