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xvi

/sɛz or sɛz.jɛm/
1.
nounmasculineSing

the 16th arrondissement of Paris (commonly referred to as 'le XVI')

Elle habite dans le xvi.

She lives in the 16th district.

Synonyms:seizième, XVIe
2.
numeral

sixteen (16); when read aloud in ordinal contexts, 'seizième' (the sixteenth)

Louis XVI a été guillotiné en 1793.

Louis XVI was guillotined in 1793.

Synonyms:seize, seizième, XVI