fifteen

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US /fɪfˈtiːn/ UK /ˈfɪf.tiːn/ See IPA manual

num adj noun Freq #3849

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The number 15, which comes after fourteen and before sixteen.

There were fifteen students in the class.

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1 num · the number 15, which comes... 15xv

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Forms fifteens

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.

fiftene Middle English fīftīene Old English *fimftehun Proto-Germanic

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# fifteen

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** num, adj, noun
**IPA (US):** fɪfˈtiːn
**IPA (UK):** ˈfɪf.tiːn
**Frequency rank:** 3849

## Meanings
1. The number 15, which comes after fourteen and before sixteen.

## Examples
- There were fifteen students in the class.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: fiftene
- Root: fīftīene
- Root: *fimftehun

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Fifteen has a PIE background in *pénkʷe. Fifteen comes 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. In current use, the main sense is “The number 15, which comes after fourteen and before sixteen”.

## Topics
- Numbers & Quantity

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