fifteen

English
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    Cardinal: fifteen
    Ordinal: fifteenth
    Adverbial: fifteen times
    Multiplier: fifteenfold
    Group collective: fifteensome

Alternative forms
  • fiveteen (obsolete) [17th–18th c.]
  • fifteene (obsolete) [16th–19th c.]

Etymology
PIE word
*pénkʷe

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.

Pronunciation
  • (next word stressed near the first syllable)
    (UK, US) enPR: fĭf'tēn, IPA(key): /ˈfɪf.tiːn/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • (next word stressed after the first syllable)
    (UK, US) enPR: fĭf-tēn', IPA(key): /fɪfˈtiːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Numeral

fifteen (cardinal, ordinal fifteenth)

  1. The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16).

Synonyms
  • Roman numerals: XV
  • Arabic numerals: 15

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Noun

fifteen (plural fifteens)

  1. (Ireland, mostly in plural) An Irish traybake made with crushed digestive biscuits, marshmallows and glacé cherries combined with condensed milk and desiccated coconut.

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