fourteen
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fourteen
- /ˈfɔː.tiːn/ UK
- /ˈfɔɹ.tin/ US
- /ˌfɔːˈtiːn/ UK
- /ˌfɔɹtˈtin/ US
Rhymes with -iːn
Where it comes from
From Middle English fourtene, from Old English fēowertīene, from Proto-Germanic *fedurtehun. Cognate with West Frisian fjirtjin, Dutch veertien, German vierzehn, Danish fjorten. Equivalent to four + -teen.
number 14 · XIV · fourteene · forteen · forteene
- The cardinal number occurring after thirteen and before fifteen. […] as soul-deadeningly, eye-strainingly, sleep-inducingly boring as going through fourteen file boxes of sloppily photostatted bank records.
noun fourteens · 14 · XIV · fourteene · forteen · forteene
- A group of fourteen items.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cardinal, xiv, fifteen, fifteenths, hmm, quatorze, seventeen, catorce, thirteen, eighteen, nineteen, twelve, thirty, twenty, ten, forty
Translations
Every language
num cardinal number
| Español | catorce |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 열넷 yeollet, 십사 sipsa |
| 日本語 | 十四 jūyon |
| 中文 | 十四 shísì |
| हिन्दी | चौदह caudah |
| Kiswahili | kumi na nne |
| Português | catorze, quatorze |
| Français | quatorze |
| Deutsch | vierzehn |
| Italiano | quattordici |
| Ελληνικά | δεκατέσσερις dekatésseris, δεκατέσσερα dekatéssera |
| Română | paisprezece, paișpe |
| Русский | четы́рнадцать četýrnadcatʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | mười bốn |
| العربية | أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ ʔarbaʕata ʕašara |
| עברית | אַרְבַּע־עֶשְׂרֵה arba-esre, אַרְבָּעָה־עָשָׂר arba'a-sar |
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title = {fourteen},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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