fif·teen

(fĭf-tēn′)

1. The cardinal number equal to 14 + 1.

2. The 15th in a set or sequence.

[Middle English fiftene, from Old English fīftēne; see penk^we in Indo-European roots.]

fif·teen′ adj. & pron.

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fifteen

(ˈfɪfˈtiːn)

1. (Mathematics) the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and five

2. (Mathematics) a numeral, 15, XV, etc, representing this number

3. something represented by, representing, or consisting of 15 units

4. (Rugby) a rugby union football team

determiner

a. amounting to fifteen: fifteen jokes.

b. (as pronoun): fifteen of us danced.

[Old English fīftēne]

Fifteen

(ˈfɪfˈtiːn)

(Historical Terms) the Fifteen history Brit the Jacobite rising of 1715

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fif•teen

(ˈfɪfˈtin)

n.

1. a cardinal number, ten plus five.

2. a symbol for this number, as 15 or XV.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

adj.

4. amounting to 15 in number.

[before 900; Middle English, Old English fiftene]

Fifteen

a rugby team, 1880.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	fifteen - the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one 15, XV large integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten
Adj.	1.	fifteen - being one more than fourteen 15, xv cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers"

Translations

خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَخمسَةعَشَرسن الخامِسَة عَشرهعدَدُهُم خمسة عَشْرَهعُمرُه خمسة عَشْرَه

quinze

patnáctpatnáctiletýpatnáctka

femtenfemten årfemten år gammelrugbyhold

Fünfzehn

δεκαπέντε

dek kvin

quince

viisteist

viisitoista

quinze

petnaest

tizenöt

fimmtánfimmtán árafimmtán manna liî

quindici il quindicesimo secolo il quindici il secolo sedicesimo

十五

quindecim

penkiolikapenkiolikėpenkiolikmetispenkiolikos metųpenkioliktas

komandapiecpadsmitpiecpadsmit gadu vecumspiecpadsmitgadīgsregbija komanda

vijftien

femten femtenårsalder

piętnaście

quinze

пятнадцать

pätnásťpätnásť rokovpätnástka

petnajst

femton

สิบห้า

on beşon beş yaşıon beş yaşında15 kişilik takım

mười lăm

十五十五个人的组十五个人的队十五个的十五岁

fifteen

[fɪfˈtiːn]

A. ADJ → quince
about fifteen people → unas quince personas

B. N → quince m (Rugby) → quince m, equipo m
see five for usage

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fifteen

[ˌfɪfˈtiːn] num → quinze
I'm fifteen → J'ai quinze ans.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

fifteen

adj → fünfzehn

→ Fünfzehn f

a rugby fifteen → eine Rugbymannschaft; the Welsh fifteen → die Rugbynationalmannschaft von Wales

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

fifteen

[fɪfˈtiːn]

1. adj → quindici inv
about fifteen people → una quindicina di persone

2. n → quindici m inv (Rugby) → squadra
for usage see five

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

fifteen

(fifˈtiːn) noun

1. the number or figure 15.

2. the age of 15.

3. a team containing fifteen members. a rugby fifteen.

adjective

1. 15 in number.

2. aged 15.

fifteen-

having fifteen (of something). a fifteen-page report.

ˌfifˈteenth noun

1. one of fifteen equal parts.

2. (also adjective) (the) last of fifteen (people, things etc); (the) next after the fourteenth.

ˌfifˈteen-year-old noun

a person or animal that is fifteen years old.

adjective

(of a person, animal or thing) that is fifteen years old.

fifteen

→ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ patnáct femten fünfzehn δεκαπέντε quince viisitoista quinze petnaest quindici 十五 15 vijftien femten piętnaście quinze пятнадцать femton สิบห้า on beş mười lăm 十五

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These weird apparitions had been handsome youths, clad in fashionable attire, fifteen minutes before, but now they did not resemble any beings one ever sees unless in nightmares.

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This is the reason that, instead of the sixteen I had last year, I have this year, you see, eleven, already plucked -- twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen.

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But they talked over the interminable night of three hundred and fifty-four hours and a half, nearly fifteen days, which the law of physics has imposed on the inhabitants of the moon.

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She was somewhat aroused by it, knotted her hair upon her ears in order to deafen herself, and resumed her contemplation, on her knees, of the inanimate object which she had adored for fifteen years.

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He is fifteen years of age, has fifteen silver buckles on his jacket and is the fifteenth Evardo to rule the land of Ev."

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By paying the franc, it might give her assistant premature notions of her own importance; but, by bringing her down to fifteen sous, humility could be inculcated, and the chance of keeping her doubled.

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Adams, his wife, and fifteen unfortunates who not only had no money but did not know where to turn or whither to go.

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For fifteen hours the battle lasted, Sir Richard himself was sorely wounded, and when far into the night the fighting ceased, two of the Spanish vessels were sunk "and in many other of the Spanish ships great slaughter was made." "But the Spanish ships which attempted to board the Revenge, as they were wounded and beaten off, so always others came in their places, she having never less than two might galleons by her sides and aboard her.

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"Freddy owes me fifteen shillings," interposed Cecil.

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When the Hazel-nut child was fifteen years old, and was sitting one day in an egg-shell on the table beside his mother, she turned to him and said, 'You are now fifteen years old, and nothing can be done with you.

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Tell me Augusta with sincerity; did you ever know me consult his inclinations or follow his Advice in the least trifling Particular since the age of fifteen?"

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Behind her in the doorway appeared a student with a crimson coat collar, an officer of the Guards, a girl of fifteen, and a plump rosy-faced boy in a short jacket.

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