xvi

Other forms of xvi

plural

xvis·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about xvi

What does xvi mean?

xvi means "the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in xvi?

xvi has 1 syllable: xvi.

What is another word for xvi?

Close synonyms include sixteen, 16, sixteen, 16. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is xvi a common word?

xvi is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.