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fifteen en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈfɪf.tiːn/ (UK, US)
- (US) audio
- fĭf'tēn (UK, US)
- fĭf-tēn' (UK, US)
- /fɪfˈtiːn/ (UK, US)
Etymology
PIE word
*pénkʷe
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe
Proto-Germanic *fimf
Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥
Proto-Germanic *tehun
Proto-Germanic *fimftehun
Anglian Old English fīftīene
Middle English fiftene
English fifteen
From Middle English fiftene, from Old English fīftīene, fīftēne, from Proto-Germanic *fimftehun. Cognate with West Frisian fyftjin, Dutch vijftien, German fünfzehn, Danish femten. Equivalent to five + -teen.
Meanings
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(Ireland, plural) An Irish traybake made with crushed digestive biscuits, marshmallows and glacé cherries combined with condensed milk and desiccated coconut.
Forms
Relateds
fifteens
fifteen en · NUM
Pronunciation
- /ˈfɪf.tiːn/ (UK, US)
- (US) audio
- fĭf'tēn (UK, US)
- fĭf-tēn' (UK, US)
- /fɪfˈtiːn/ (UK, US)
Etymology
PIE word
*pénkʷe
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe
Proto-Germanic *fimf
Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥
Proto-Germanic *tehun
Proto-Germanic *fimftehun
Anglian Old English fīftīene
Middle English fiftene
English fifteen
From Middle English fiftene, from Old English fīftīene, fīftēne, from Proto-Germanic *fimftehun. Cognate with West Frisian fyftjin, Dutch vijftien, German fünfzehn, Danish femten. Equivalent to five + -teen.
Meanings
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(cardinal) The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16).
The fifteen men are, of course, the fifteen allies and the dead man's chest is the strategic principle on which their alliance is founded and which is now moribund.
1960 December 17, C.I. Sulzberger, “Fifteen Men on the Dead Man's Chest”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2025:I first sipped an El Presidente fifteen years ago, in Havana, at a sidewalk café across from a vendor selling postcards of Che Guevara. It was revelatory.
December 2019/January 2020, Wayne Curtis, “Discover Cuba’s Other Rum Cocktail: El Presidente”, in Garden & Gun, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2021:She was, in fact, constitutionally impervious to statistics and preferred to study the be-headphoned group of fifteen or so lethargic wanderers who were taking even less notice of the remorseless squawkings than she was.
1968, Christopher Hodder-Williams, “Hands”, in Fistful of Digits, London: Coronet Books, published 1972, →ISBN, page 125:
Forms
Coordinates
sixteen (Next) · fourteen (Previous)
Deriveds
15 minutes of fame · fifteen and two · first fifteen · 15 minutes · fifteenness · fifteen hundred · fifteenish · sweet fifteen · fifteener · fifteenpence · fifteenpenny · freshman fifteen · make a dollar out of fifteen cents · fifteen-minute city
Descendants
fiftin
Relateds
quindecuple (15 times) · quindecennial (15-year) · quindecuplet (15-line) · quindecagon (15-sided shape) · quindecemvir (15-man)
Synonyms
XV · 15
Translations (208)
cs patnáct (cardinal number) · wal tammanne ichchasha (cardinal number) · gu પંદર (cardinal number) · rue пятна́дцять (cardinal number) · hu tizenöt (cardinal number) · arc ܚܡܫܥܣܪ (cardinal number) · ast quince (cardinal number) · el δεκαπέντε (cardinal number) · tl labinlima (cardinal number) · pms quindes (cardinal number) · ovd femtǫ (cardinal number) · uz oʻn besh (cardinal number) · ky он беш (cardinal number) · kxd lima balas (cardinal number) · kix tshìekǜmǖngōu (cardinal number) · nv ashdlaʼáadah (cardinal number) · sms vitmlo (cardinal number) · yua joʼolajun (cardinal number) · mr पंधरा (cardinal number) · fj tini ka lima (cardinal number) · rm quindesch (cardinal number) · sa पञ्चदश (cardinal number) · za cib haj (cardinal number) · si පහළොව (cardinal number) · lo ສິບຫ້າ (cardinal number) · br pemzek (cardinal number) · chr ᎯᏍᎦᏚ (cardinal number) · bua арбан табан (cardinal number) · ro cincisprezece (cardinal number) · fr quinze (cardinal number) · lou kinz (cardinal number) · rgn quingg (cardinal number) · ksw တဆံယဲၢ် (cardinal number) · no femten (cardinal number) · mnw စှ်သုန် (cardinal number) · khb ᦉᦲᧇᦠᦱᧉ (cardinal number) · lij chìnze (cardinal number) · hrx fufzen (cardinal number) · my ဆယ့်ငါး (cardinal number) · nrf tchinze (cardinal number) · pl piętnaścioro (cardinal number) · sq pesëmbëdhjetë (cardinal number) · rsk петнац (cardinal number) · kmr pazdeh (cardinal number) · dz བཅོ་ལྔ (cardinal number) · tig ዐስር ወሐምስ (cardinal number) · pdc fuftzay (cardinal number) · ur پندرہ (cardinal number) · te పదిహేను (cardinal number) · vo deglul (cardinal number) · nrf tchînze (cardinal number) · lv piecpadsmit (cardinal number) · grc πεντεκαίδεκα (cardinal number) · kl aqqaneq-tallimat (cardinal number) · am አስራ አምስት (cardinal number) · cv вунпилӗк (cardinal number) · pdc fuffzeh (cardinal number) · ar خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ (cardinal number) · lmo quindes (cardinal number) · hi पंद्रह (cardinal number) · ht kenz (cardinal number) · tr on beş (cardinal number) · tt унбиш (cardinal number) · bo བཅོ་ལྔ (cardinal number) · jv limalas (cardinal number) · nds-de füwtain (cardinal number) · tk on bäş (cardinal number) · fur cuindis (cardinal number) · ro cinșpe (cardinal number) · ja 十五 (cardinal number) · hy տասնհինգ (cardinal number) · eo dek kvin (cardinal number) · nds föffteihn (cardinal number) · ms satu puluh lima (cardinal number) · sh petnaest (cardinal number) · la quīndecim (cardinal number) · zza pancês (diq) (cardinal number) · bcl kaglima (cardinal number) · ta பதினைந்து (cardinal number) · ce пхийтта (cardinal number) · yue 十五 (cardinal number) · mi tekau mā rima (cardinal number) · dlm čonco (cardinal number) · haw ʻumikūmālima (cardinal number) · cmn 十五 (cardinal number) · id lima belas (cardinal number) · tpi fiftin (cardinal number) · alt он беш (cardinal number) · rgn quinṣ (cardinal number) · cy un deg pump (cardinal number) · mt ħmistax (cardinal number) · af vyftien (cardinal number) · enm fiftene (cardinal number) · izh viistoist (cardinal number) · he חֲמִשָּׁה־עָשָׂר (cardinal number) · fo fimtan (cardinal number) · he חֲמֵשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵה (cardinal number) · ru пятна́дцать (cardinal number) · se vihttanuppelohkái (cardinal number) · dv ފަނަރަ (cardinal number) · hsb pjatnaće (cardinal number) · tg понздаҳ (cardinal number) · to hongofulu mā nima (cardinal number) · ckb پانزە (cardinal number) · an quince (cardinal number) · rmf deȟ-o-pangȟ (cardinal number) · lt penkiolika (cardinal number) · tfn ch'qilu beq'di (cardinal number) · koi дасвит (cardinal number) · lb fofzéng (cardinal number) · zza desupanc (cardinal number) · bg петна́десет (cardinal number) · sah уон биэс (cardinal number) · sjd выдтэмплоагкь (cardinal number) · chr ᏍᎩᎦᏚ (cardinal number) · mk петна́есет (cardinal number) · cu пѧть на дєсѧтє (cardinal number) · es quince (cardinal number) · nci caxtōlli (cardinal number) · vi mười lăm (cardinal number) · war kinse (cardinal number) · sm sefulu lima (cardinal number) · cv вунпиллӗк (cardinal number) · de fünfzehn (cardinal number) · ms sepuluh lima (cardinal number) · or ପନ୍ଦର (cardinal number) · oc quinze (cardinal number) · fa پانزده (cardinal number) · csm naˀá·ča- máš·ok·a-ˀ hej·i-ˀ (cardinal number) · gd còig-deug (cardinal number) · ba ун биш (cardinal number) · fy fyftjin (cardinal number) · ml പതിനഞ്ച് (cardinal number) · shn သိပ်းႁႃႈ (cardinal number) · ka თხუთმეტი (cardinal number) · ko 열다섯 (cardinal number) · ti ዓሰርተ ሓሙሽተ (cardinal number) · ca quinze (cardinal number) · arz خمستاشر (cardinal number) · rcf kinz (cardinal number) · skr پَندھَرَاں (cardinal number) · ia dece-cinque (cardinal number) · vo balselul (cardinal number) · cy pymtheg (cardinal number) · frr füftanj (cardinal number) · hop pakwt niikyang tsivot siikya’ta (cardinal number) · kn ಹದಿನೈದು (cardinal number) · fi viisitoista (cardinal number) · is fimmtán (cardinal number) · sv femton (cardinal number) · ceb napulog lima (cardinal number) · ty hō'ē 'ahuru ma pae (cardinal number) · nl vijftien (cardinal number) · got 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (cardinal number) · pt quinze (cardinal number) · io dek-e-kin (cardinal number) · liv vīžtuoistõn (cardinal number) · ga cúig déag (cardinal number) · nds-de föffteihn (cardinal number) · uk п’ятна́дцять (cardinal number) · da femten (cardinal number) · ko 십오 (cardinal number) · sl petnajst (cardinal number) · ang fīftīene (cardinal number) · ik akimiaq (cardinal number) · arc חמשעסר (cardinal number) · pa پَندراں (cardinal number) · sk pätnásť (cardinal number) · kk он бес (cardinal number) · dsb pěśnasćo (cardinal number) · grc ιε΄ (cardinal number) · be пятна́ццаць (cardinal number) · smn vittnubáloh (cardinal number) · tpi wanpela ten faiv (cardinal number) · oj ashi-naanan (cardinal number) · it quindici (cardinal number) · et viisteist (cardinal number) · ug ئون بەش (cardinal number) · sw kumi na tano (cardinal number) · pl piętnaście (cardinal number) · lkt akézaptaŋ (cardinal number) · hrx finnefzen (cardinal number) · kmr pazde (cardinal number) · th สิบห้า (cardinal number) · mg dimy ambinifolo (cardinal number) · mnc ᡨᠣᡶᠣᡥᠣᠨ (cardinal number) · bn পনেরো (cardinal number) · hak 十五 (cardinal number) · sip བཅོ་ལྔ (cardinal number) · yi פֿופֿצן (cardinal number) · arc ܚܡܫܥܣܪܐ (cardinal number) · sh петнаест (cardinal number) · ay tunka phisqani (cardinal number) · km ដប់ប្រាំ (cardinal number) · mn арван тав (cardinal number) · eu hamabost (cardinal number) · qu chunka pichqayuq (cardinal number) · ms lima belas (cardinal number) · esu akimiaq (cardinal number) · pa ਪੰਦਰਾਂ (cardinal number) · gl quince (cardinal number) · nds foffteihn (cardinal number) · ny khumi n'zisanu (cardinal number) · wo fukk ak juróom (cardinal number) · az on beş (cardinal number) · bg петна́йсет (cardinal number) · nap quinnece (cardinal number) · arc חמשעסרא (cardinal number)