"16" meaning in English

See 16 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: 16s [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} 16 (plural 16s)
  1. (sports, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 1620 (“1620° spin”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: 1620 (extra: 1620° spin)
    Sense id: en-16-en-noun-EzKU9adP Categories (other): Skiing, Snowboarding, Sports, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 34 19 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 53 22 25 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, skiing, snowboarding, sports
  2. (music, hip-hop) A verse of 16 lines.
    Sense id: en-16-en-noun-0ynaByvB Categories (other): Music Topics: dancing, entertainment, hip-hop, hobbies, lifestyle, music, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ATR-16 syndrome, 16-cell, 16-gon

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "16s",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "16 (plural 16s)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ATR-16 syndrome"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "16-cell"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "16-gon"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "1620° spin",
          "word": "1620"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Skiing",
          "orig": "en:Skiing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Snowboarding",
          "orig": "en:Snowboarding",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "en:Sports",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 34 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 22 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English words spelled without vowels",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of 1620 (“1620° spin”)."
      ],
      "id": "en-16-en-noun-EzKU9adP",
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "snowboarding",
          "snowboarding#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "skiing",
          "skiing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "1620",
          "1620#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 1620 (“1620° spin”)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "skiing",
        "snowboarding",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A verse of 16 lines."
      ],
      "id": "en-16-en-noun-0ynaByvB",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "verse",
          "verse"
        ],
        [
          "lines",
          "line"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music, hip-hop) A verse of 16 lines."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "dancing",
        "entertainment",
        "hip-hop",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "music",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "16"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms spelled with numbers",
    "English words spelled without vowels",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "16s",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "16 (plural 16s)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ATR-16 syndrome"
    },
    {
      "word": "16-cell"
    },
    {
      "word": "16-gon"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "1620° spin",
          "word": "1620"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English clippings",
        "en:Skiing",
        "en:Snowboarding",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of 1620 (“1620° spin”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "snowboarding",
          "snowboarding#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "skiing",
          "skiing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "1620",
          "1620#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 1620 (“1620° spin”)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "skiing",
        "snowboarding",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A verse of 16 lines."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "verse",
          "verse"
        ],
        [
          "lines",
          "line"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music, hip-hop) A verse of 16 lines."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "dancing",
        "entertainment",
        "hip-hop",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "music",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "16"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 16 meaning in English (1.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-11 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 59dc20b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.