fifteen

/ˈfɪf.tiːn/
numbernoun

The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16).

NWL Collins ENABLE

Number 1 meaning

  1. The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16).

Noun 1 meaning

  1. An Irish traybake made with crushed digestive biscuits, marshmallows and glacé cherries combined with condensed milk and desiccated coconut.

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Where it comes from

Etymology

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.

FIFTEEN at a glance

FIFTEEN has 7 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (F 4 + I 1 + F 4 + T 1 + E 1 + E 1 + N 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,584 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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