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fifteen

/ˈfɪf.tiːn/ UK, US
/fɪfˈtiːn/ UK, US

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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.

number fifteenth · fiveteen · fifteene

cardinal The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16). The fifteen men are, of course, the fifteen allies and the dead man's chest is the strategic principle on which their alliance is founded and which is now moribund.
Similar: XV, 15

noun fifteens · fiveteen · fifteene

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

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Closest in meaning: cardinal, xv, bi-weekly, biweekly, couple, fifty, fortnight, fourteen, half, quince, quinze, sixteenths, sixty, ten, thirteen, two

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num cardinal number

Español	quince
한국어	열다섯 yeoldaseot, 십오 sibo
日本語	十五 jūgo
中文	十五 shíwǔ
हिन्दी	पंद्रह pandrah
Kiswahili	kumi na tano
Português	quinze
Français	quinze
Deutsch	fünfzehn
Italiano	quindici
Ελληνικά	δεκαπέντε dekapénte
Română	cincisprezece, cinșpe
Русский	пятна́дцать pjatnádcatʹ
Tiếng Việt	mười lăm
العربية	خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ ḵamsata ʕašara
עברית	חֲמֵשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵה khamesh esre, חֲמִשָּׁה־עָשָׂר khamisha asar

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@misc{fifteen_2026,
  title = {fifteen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fifteen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}