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.

sixteenth British  

/ ˈsɪksˈtiːnθ /

adjective

1. (usually prenominal)

   1. coming after the fifteenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of sixteen: often written 16th

   2. ( as noun )

      the sixteenth of the month

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noun

1. 1. one of 16 equal or nearly equal parts of something

   2. ( as modifier )

      a sixteenth part

2. the fraction that is equal to one divided by 16 ( 1/ 16 )

Etymology

Origin of sixteenth

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

Example Sentences

Mathew joked: "First time saying it, you want a statement. Sixteenth time, you want a statement that doesn't involve socks."

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

Sixteenth president of the United States, assassinated five days after the end of the Civil War at Ford’s Theatre.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024

The opinions reflected in this article are the author’s own, and not those of Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers or the Wisconsin Maternal Mortality Review Team.

From Scientific American • Jul. 21, 2023

He received his medical degree from Yale School of Medicine and completed his residency at the University of Illinois in Chicago, and became HIV medical director of the Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers in Milwaukee.

From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2022

A woman full of fun and life, she sat in the back pews of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church congregation on Sunday mornings and whistled the hymns while everybody else sang them.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry