Definitions for fifteenthˈfɪfˈtinθ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

fif•teenthˈfɪfˈtinθ(adj.)

  1. next after the fourteenth; being the ordinal number for 15.

  2. being one of 15 equal parts.

  3. (n.)a fifteenth part, esp. of one (1/15).

  4. the fifteenth member of a series.

Origin of fifteenth:

bef. 900; ME fiftenthe (see fifteen , -th2), earlier fiftethe, OE fīftēotha

Princeton's WordNet

  1. fifteenth(adj)

    position 15 in a countable series of things

  2. fifteenth, 15th(adj)

    coming next after the fourteenth and just before the sixteenth in position

Wiktionary

  1. fifteenth(Noun)

    The person or thing in the fifteenth position.

  2. fifteenth(Noun)

    One of fifteen equal parts of a whole.

  3. fifteenth(Adjective)

    The ordinal form of the number fifteen.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fifteenth(adj)

    next in order after the fourteenth; -- the ordinal of fifteen

  2. Fifteenth(adj)

    consisting of one of fifteen equal parts or divisions of a thing

  3. Fifteenth(noun)

    one of fifteen equal parts or divisions; the quotient of a unit divided by fifteen

  4. Fifteenth(noun)

    a species of tax upon personal property formerly laid on towns, boroughs, etc., in England, being one fifteenth part of what the personal property in each town, etc., had been valued at

  5. Fifteenth(noun)

    a stop in an organ tuned two octaves above the diaposon

  6. Fifteenth(noun)

    an interval consisting of two octaves


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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

fifteenth(noun)

one of fifteen equal parts.

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