noun · num · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK, US:fĭf'tēn
UK, US:/ˈfɪf.tiːn/
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UK, US:fĭf-tēn'
UK, US:/fɪfˈtiːn/
rhymes with -iːn
CMU ARPABET:F IH0 F T IY1 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:F IH1 F T IY1 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
An Irish traybake made with crushed digestive biscuits, marshmallows and glacé cherries combined with condensed milk and desiccated coconut.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
num
Meaning 2
The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: cardinal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
being one more than fourteen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: 15, xv
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: 15, XV
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: large integer
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
207 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
vyftien
— cardinal number
Albanian:
pesëmbëdhjetë
— cardinal number
Southern Altai:
он беш
(on beš)
— cardinal number
Amharic:
አስራ አምስት
(ʾäsra ʾämsət)
— cardinal number
Arabic:
خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ
(ḵamsata ʕašara)
— cardinal number
Arabic:
خمستاشر
(ḵamastāšar)
— cardinal number
Aragonese:
quince
— cardinal number
Aramaic:
חמשעסר
(khamsha‘sar)
— cardinal number
Aramaic:
חמשעסרא
(khamsha‘esrē)
— cardinal number
Aramaic:
ܚܡܫܥܣܪ
(khamsha‘sar)
— cardinal number
Aramaic:
ܚܡܫܥܣܪܐ
(khamsha‘esrē)
— cardinal number
Armenian:
տասնհինգ
(tasnhing)
— cardinal number
Asturian:
quince
— cardinal number
Aymara:
tunka phisqani
— cardinal number
Azerbaijani:
on beş
— cardinal number
Bashkir:
ун биш
(un biş)
— cardinal number
Basque:
hamabost
— cardinal number
Belarusian:
пятна́ццаць
(pjatnáccacʹ)
— cardinal number
Bengali:
পনেরো
(ponerō)
— cardinal number
Central Bikol:
kaglima
— cardinal number
Breton:
pemzek
— cardinal number
Bulgarian:
петна́десет
(petnádeset)
— cardinal number
Bulgarian:
петна́йсет
(petnájset)
— cardinal number
Burmese:
ဆယ့်ငါး
(hcai.nga:)
— cardinal number
Buryat:
арбан табан
(arban taban)
— cardinal number
Carpathian Rusyn:
пятна́дцять
(pjatnádcjatʹ)
— cardinal number
Catalan:
quinze
— cardinal number
Cebuano:
napulog lima
— cardinal number
Chechen:
пхийтта
(pxiı̇tta)
— cardinal number
Cherokee:
ᏍᎩᎦᏚ
(sgigadu)
— cardinal number
Cherokee:
ᎯᏍᎦᏚ
(hisgadu)
— cardinal number
Chichewa:
khumi n'zisanu
— cardinal number
Chinese Cantonese:
十五
(sap6 ng5)
— cardinal number
Hakka Chinese:
十五
(sṳ̍p-ńg)
— cardinal number
Chinese Mandarin:
十五
(shíwǔ)
— cardinal number
Chuvash:
вунпиллӗк
(vunp̬illĕk)
— cardinal number
Chuvash:
вунпилӗк
(vunp̬ilĕk)
— cardinal number
Czech:
patnáct
— cardinal number
Dalmatian:
čonco
— cardinal number
Danish:
femten
— cardinal number
Dena'ina:
ch'qilu beq'di
— cardinal number
Dhivehi:
ފަނަރަ
(fanara)
— cardinal number
Dutch:
vijftien
— cardinal number
Dzongkha:
བཅོ་ལྔ
(bco lnga)
— cardinal number
Esperanto:
dek kvin
— cardinal number
Estonian:
viisteist
— cardinal number
Faroese:
fimtan
— cardinal number
Fijian:
tini ka lima
— cardinal number
Finnish:
viisitoista
— cardinal number
French:
quinze
— cardinal number
North Frisian:
füftanj
— cardinal number
West-Frisian:
fyftjin
— cardinal number
Friulian:
cuindis
— cardinal number
Galician:
quince
— cardinal number
Georgian:
თხუთმეტი
(txutmeṭi)
— cardinal number
German:
fünfzehn
— cardinal number
Gothic:
𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽
(fimftaihun)
— cardinal number
Greek:
δεκαπέντε
(dekapénte)
— cardinal number
Ancient Greek:
πεντεκαίδεκα
(pentekaídeka)
— cardinal number
Ancient Greek:
ιε ́
— cardinal number
Greenlandic:
aqqaneq-tallimat
— cardinal number
Gujarati:
પંદર
(pandar)
— cardinal number
Haitian Creole:
kenz
— cardinal number
Hawaiian:
ʻumikūmālima
— cardinal number
Hebrew:
חֲמֵשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵה
(khamesh esre)
— cardinal number
Hebrew:
חֲמִשָּׁה־עָשָׂר
(khamisha asar)
— cardinal number
Hindi:
पंद्रह
(pandrah)
— cardinal number
Hopi:
pakwt niikyang tsivot siikya’ta
— cardinal number
Hungarian:
tizenöt
— cardinal number
Hunsrik:
fufzen
— cardinal number
Hunsrik:
finnefzen
— cardinal number
Icelandic:
fimmtán
— cardinal number
Ido:
dek-e-kin
— cardinal number
Indonesian:
lima belas
— cardinal number
Ingrian:
viistoist
— cardinal number
Interlingua:
dece-cinque
— cardinal number
Inupiaq:
akimiaq
— cardinal number
Irish:
cúig déag
— cardinal number
Italian:
quindici
— cardinal number
Japanese:
十五
(jūgo)
— cardinal number
Javanese:
limalas
— cardinal number
Kannada:
ಹದಿನೈದು
(hadinaidu)
— cardinal number
S'gaw Karen:
တဆံယဲၢ်
(ta hsee yeẖ)
— cardinal number
Kazakh:
он бес
(on bes)
— cardinal number
Khmer:
ដប់ប្រាំ
— cardinal number
Komi-Permyak:
дасвит
(dasvit)
— cardinal number
Korean:
열다섯
(yeoldaseot)
— cardinal number
Korean:
십오
(sibo)
— cardinal number
Central Kurdish:
پانزە
(panze)
— cardinal number
Northern Kurdish:
pazde
— cardinal number
Northern Kurdish:
pazdeh
— cardinal number
Kyrgyz:
он беш
(on beş)
— cardinal number
Lakota:
akézaptaŋ
— cardinal number
Lao:
ສິບຫ້າ
(sip hā)
— cardinal number
Latin:
quīndecim
— cardinal number
Latvian:
piecpadsmit
— cardinal number
Ligurian:
chìnze
— cardinal number
Lithuanian:
penkiolika
— cardinal number
Livonian:
vīžtuoistõn
— cardinal number
Lombard:
quindes
— cardinal number
Louisiana Creole:
kinz
— cardinal number
Low German:
föffteihn
— cardinal number
Low German:
foffteihn
— cardinal number
Low German:
föffteihn
— cardinal number
Low German:
füwtain
— cardinal number
Lü:
ᦉᦲᧇᦠᦱᧉ
(ṡiibḣaa2)
— cardinal number
Luxembourgish:
fofzéng
— cardinal number
Macedonian:
петна́есет
(petnáeset)
— cardinal number
Malagasy:
dimy ambinifolo
— cardinal number
Malay:
lima belas
— cardinal number
Malay:
sepuluh lima
— cardinal number
Malay:
satu puluh lima
— cardinal number
Brunei Malay:
lima balas
— cardinal number
Malayalam:
പതിനഞ്ച്
(patinañcŭ)
— cardinal number
Maltese:
ħmistax
— cardinal number
Manchu:
ᡨᠣᡶᠣᡥᠣᠨ
(tofohon)
— cardinal number
Māori:
tekau mā rima
— cardinal number
Marathi:
पंधरा
(pandhrā)
— cardinal number
Middle English:
fiftene
— cardinal number
Central Sierra Miwok:
naˀá·ča- máš·ok·a-ˀ hej·i-ˀ
— cardinal number
Mon:
စှ်သုန်
— cardinal number
Mongolian:
арван тав
(arvan tav)
— cardinal number
Khiamniungan Naga:
tshìekǜmǖngōu
— cardinal number
Classical Nahuatl:
caxtōlli
— cardinal number
Navajo:
ashdlaʼáadah
— cardinal number
Neapolitan:
quinnece
— cardinal number
Norman:
tchinze
— cardinal number
Norman:
tchînze
— cardinal number
Norwegian:
femten
— cardinal number
Occitan:
quinze
— cardinal number
Odia:
ପନ୍ଦର
(pandara)
— cardinal number
Ojibwe:
ashi-naanan
— cardinal number
Old Church Slavonic:
пѧть на дєсѧтє
(pętĭ na desęte)
— cardinal number
Old English:
fīftīene
— cardinal number
Pannonian Rusyn:
петнац
(petnac)
— cardinal number
Pennsylvania German:
fuffzeh
— cardinal number
Pennsylvania German:
fuftzay
— cardinal number
Persian:
پانزده
(pânzdah)
— cardinal number
Piedmontese:
quindes
— cardinal number
Polish:
piętnaście
— cardinal number
Polish:
piętnaścioro
— cardinal number
Portuguese:
quinze
— cardinal number
Punjabi:
ਪੰਦਰਾਂ
(pandrā̃)
— cardinal number
Punjabi:
پَندراں
(pandrāṉ)
— cardinal number
Quechua:
chunka pichqayuq
— cardinal number
Réunion Creole French:
kinz
— cardinal number
Romagnol:
quinṣ
— cardinal number
Romagnol:
quingg
— cardinal number
Kalo Finnish Romani:
deȟ-o-pangȟ
— cardinal number
Romanian:
cincisprezece
— cardinal number
Romanian:
cinșpe
— cardinal number
Romansh:
quindesch
— cardinal number
Russian:
пятна́дцать
(pjatnádcatʹ)
— cardinal number
Inari-Sami:
vittnubáloh
— cardinal number
Kildin-Sami:
выдтэмплоагкь
(vydtemplågk’)
— cardinal number
Northern Sami:
vihttanuppelohkái
— cardinal number
Skolt-Sami:
vitmlo
— cardinal number
Samoan:
sefulu lima
— cardinal number
Sanskrit:
पञ्चदश
(páñcadaśa)
— cardinal number
Scottish Gaelic:
còig-deug
— cardinal number
Saraiki:
پَندھَرَاں
(pandharāṉ)
— cardinal number
Serbo-Croatian:
петнаест
— cardinal number
Serbo-Croatian:
petnaest
— cardinal number
Shan:
သိပ်းႁႃႈ
(síp hāa)
— cardinal number
Sikkimese:
བཅོ་ལྔ
(bco lnga)
— cardinal number
Sinhalese:
පහළොව
(pahaḷowa)
— cardinal number
Slovak:
pätnásť
— cardinal number
Slovene:
petnajst
— cardinal number
Lower Sorbian:
pěśnasćo
— cardinal number
Upper Sorbian:
pjatnaće
— cardinal number
Spanish:
quince
— cardinal number
Swahili:
kumi na tano
— cardinal number
Swedish:
femton
— cardinal number
Tagalog:
labinlima
— cardinal number
Tahitian:
hō'ē 'ahuru ma pae
— cardinal number
Tajik:
понздаҳ
(ponzdah)
— cardinal number
Tamil:
பதினைந்து
(patiṉaintu)
— cardinal number
Tatar:
унбиш
(unbiş)
— cardinal number
Telugu:
పదిహేను
(padihēnu)
— cardinal number
Thai:
สิบห้า
(sìp-hâa)
— cardinal number
Tibetan:
བཅོ་ལྔ
(bco lnga)
— cardinal number
Tigre:
ዐስር ወሐምስ
(ʿäsr wäḥäms)
— cardinal number
Tigrinya:
ዓሰርተ ሓሙሽተ
(ʿasärtä ḥamuštä)
— cardinal number
Tok Pisin:
fiftin
— cardinal number
Tok Pisin:
wanpela ten faiv
— cardinal number
Tongan:
hongofulu mā nima
— cardinal number
Turkish:
on beş
— cardinal number
Turkmen:
on bäş
— cardinal number
Ukrainian:
п’ятна́дцять
(pʺjatnádcjatʹ)
— cardinal number