What does fifteen mean?
Definitions for fifteen
ˈfɪfˈtinfif·teen
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Princeton's WordNet
fifteen, 15, XVadjective
the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
fifteen, 15, xvadjective
being one more than fourteen
Webster Dictionary
Fifteenadjective
five and ten; one more than fourteen
Fifteennoun
the sum of five and ten; fifteen units or objects
Fifteennoun
a symbol representing fifteen units, as 15, or xv
Etymology: [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
I'm bummed. It should've been more, fifteen years is a lot but I'm dealing with this stuff for the rest of my life.
Fifteen years ago, U.S. mining was thought to be a dead industry, but now it's a profitable area for us.
Fifteen years ago, I failed my family, but found forgiveness and love, i learned that our falls are n’t what define us, but rather how we get up, accept responsibility and earn redemption.
Fifteen years ago, I failed my family -- but found forgiveness and love. I learned that our falls don't define us, but rather how we get up, accept responsibility and earn redemption, you know me, I'm a fighter.
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia:
My beloved Anastasia was fifteen when I saw her for the last time in the summer of 1916. She would have been twenty-four in 1925. I thought Mrs. Anderson looked much older than that. Of course, one had to make allowances for a very long illness ... All the same, my niece's features could not possibly have altered out of all recognition. The nose, the mouth, the eyes were all different. ... As soon as I sat down by that bed in the Mommsen Nursing Home, I knew I was looking at a stranger. … I had left Denmark with something of a hope in my heart. I left Berlin with all hope extinguished.
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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
- 十五Chinese
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