What does fifteen mean?
Definitions for fifteen
ˈfɪfˈtinfif·teen
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word fifteen.
Princeton's WordNet
fifteen, 15, XV(adj)
the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
fifteen, 15, xv(adj)
being one more than fourteen
Webster Dictionary
Fifteen(adj)
five and ten; one more than fourteen
Fifteen(noun)
the sum of five and ten; fifteen units or objects
Fifteen(noun)
a symbol representing fifteen units, as 15, or xv
Origin: [OE. fiftene, AS. fftne, fftne. See Five, and Ten, and cf. Fifty.]
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Fifteen
Fifteen was a punk rock band formed by Jeff Ott. Ott was the group's main songwriter and only consistent member. According to Ott, the band had a total of fifteen members by the time it finally disbanded in 2000: Jack Curran, Mikey Mischief, Mark Moreno, Jean Repetto, Lucky Dog, Chris Flanagan, John Ogle, Jesse Wickman, Joe Cable, John Quintos, Scott Pierce, Jim Prior, Lisa D., Vanessa Bain and himself.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Fifteen
fif′tēn, adj. and n. five and ten.—adj. Fif′teenth, the fifth after the tenth: being one of fifteen equal parts.—n. a fifteenth part.—The Fifteen, the Jacobite rising of 1715. [A.S. fíftyne—fíf, five, týn, ten.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'fifteen' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3009
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'fifteen' in Written Corpus Frequency: #445
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fifteen in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fifteen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of fifteen in a Sentence
Old age is fifteen years older than I am.
Old age is always fifteen years older than I am.
To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.
In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.
In the future everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes.
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- vyftienAfrikaans
- خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَArabic
- tunka phisqaniAymara
- on beşAzerbaijani
- ун бишBashkir
- пятна́ццацьBelarusian
- петна́десетBulgarian
- পনেরোBengali
- pemzekBreton
- quinzeCatalan, Valencian
- пхийттаChechen
- patnáctCzech
- пѧть на дєсѧтєOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- un deg pump, pymthegWelsh
- femtenDanish
- fünfzehnGerman
- δεκαπέντεGreek
- dek kvinEsperanto
- quinceSpanish
- viisteistEstonian
- hamabostBasque
- پانزدهPersian
- viisitoistaFinnish
- fimtanFaroese
- quinzeFrench
- fyftjinWestern Frisian
- cúig déagIrish
- còig, deugScottish Gaelic
- quinceGalician
- પંદરGujarati
- חֲמֵשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵה, חֲמִשָּׁה־עָשָׂרHebrew
- पंद्रहHindi
- kenzHaitian Creole
- tizenötHungarian
- տասնհինգArmenian
- dece-cinqueInterlingua
- lima belasIndonesian
- fimmtánIcelandic
- quindiciItalian
- 十五Japanese
- თხუთმეტიGeorgian
- он бесKazakh
- aqqaniq-tallimatKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- ដប់ប្រាំKhmer
- 十五, 십오, 열다섯Korean
- pazde, pazdehKurdish
- он бешKyrgyz
- quīndecimLatin
- ສິບຫ້າLao
- penkiolikaLithuanian
- piecpadsmitLatvian
- петна́есетMacedonian
- арван тавMongolian
- sepuluh lima, satu puluh lima, lima belasMalay
- ħmistaxMaltese
- ဆယ့်ငါးBurmese
- vijftienDutch
- femtenNorwegian
- ashdlaʼáadahNavajo, Navaho
- khumi n'zisanuChichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- ashi-naananOjibwe, Ojibwa
- ୧୫, ପନ୍ଦରOriya
- ਪੰਦਰਾਂ, ੧੫Panjabi, Punjabi
- piętnaście, piętnaścioroPolish
- quinzePortuguese
- chunka pichqayuqQuechua
- quindeschRomansh
- cinșpe, cincisprezeceRomanian
- пятна́дцать, 15Russian
- पञ्चदशSanskrit
- petnaest, петнаестSerbo-Croatian
- පහළොවSinhala, Sinhalese
- pätnásťSlovak
- petnajstSlovene
- pesëmbëdhjetëAlbanian
- femtonSwedish
- kumi na tanoSwahili
- పదిహేనుTelugu
- понздаҳTajik
- สิบห้าThai
- on bäşTurkmen
- labinlimaTagalog
- on beşTurkish
- унбишTatar
- ئون بەشUyghur, Uighur
- п’ятна́дцятьUkrainian
- پندرہUrdu
- oʻn beshUzbek
- mười lămVietnamese
- deglulVolapük
- פֿופֿצןYiddish
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