sixteenth
num.num. the position of number 16 in a list. You use it to talk about the person or thing that comes after the fifteenth.
num. the ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number sixteen. Often functions as a determiner or a noun phrase head in fractional or sequential contexts.
Today is my sixteenth birthday.
She finished in sixteenth place, which was a great result for her first major race.
The sixteenth century was a period of significant religious and political upheaval across Europe, marked by the rise of the Reformation.
Inherited from Middle English sixtenthe, sixtethe, from Old English sixtēoþa, equivalent to sixteen + -th.
Can be used as a determiner before a noun or as a noun to represent one of sixteen equal parts.
sixteenths of Maysixteenth of MayWhen referring to a specific date, use the singular form 'sixteenth' rather than the plural.