fourteenth

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US /ˌfɔɹˈtiːnθ/ UK /ˌfɔːˈtiːnθ/
adj noun Freq #34814

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    coming next after the thirteenth in position

    Her birthday is on the fourteenth of May.

  2. 2
    noun

    position 14 in a countable series of things

    Her birthday is on the fourteenth of May.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English fourtenthe, fourtethe, from Old English fēowertēoþa, equivalent to fourteen + -th.

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