sixteenth

[ siks-teenth ]

adjective

1. next after the fifteenth; being the ordinal number for 16.
2. being one of 16 equal parts.

noun

1. a sixteenth part, especially of one (1/16).
2. the sixteenth member of a series.
3. Music. sixteenth note.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sixteenth¹

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

Example Sentences

The Conservative added that while the Labour leader was on his "sixteenth relaunch", his party were "sticking to the plan which is working to strengthen the economy - with inflation down from 11.1% to 3.2% and £900 back in hard-working people's pockets - and a fair immigration system with boat crossings down".

From BBC

They were the string her father had given her last year for her sixteenth birthday.

From Literature

“The second time I rode him, he kind of got shy away from the horses coming out and didn’t want to pass, then all of a sudden everybody passed him at the sixteenth pole,” winning jockey John Velazquez said of the Bill Mott-trained Resilience.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

A sixteenth child died on Sunday at a hospital in the southern city of Rafah, the Palestinian official news agency Wafa reported on Monday.

From BBC