English Explanatory Dictionary

fifteen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

num
  1. The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16).
noun
  1. An Irish traybake made with crushed digestive biscuits, marshmallows and glacé cherries combined with condensed milk and desiccated coconut.

Pronunciation

fĭf'tēn /ˈfɪf.tiːn/ en-us-fifteen.ogg fĭf-tēn' /fɪfˈtiːn/

Word forms

fifteen fifteenth fiveteen fifteene fifteens

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.

Synonyms

XV 15

Related words

quindecuple quindecuplet quindecemvir quindecennial quindecagon fifteens

Derived words

15 minutes 15 minutes of fame fifteen and two fifteener fifteen hundred fifteenish fifteen-minute city fifteenness fifteenpence fifteenpenny first fifteen freshman fifteen make a dollar out of fifteen cents sweet fifteen
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