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
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Fifteenadjective
Five and ten.
Etymology: fyftyne, Saxon.
I have dreamed and slept above some fifteen years and more. William Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew.
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.]
Freebase
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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Rank popularity for the word 'fifteen' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3009
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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
Over the course of fifteen years of research on plant development, I came to the conclusion that for understanding the development of plants, their morphogenesis, genes and gene products are not enough.
Fifteen out of my 73 (okapis) are in the UK. You can imagine that if I need to remove these 15, it would be a big blow for my population but it would be even worse for the UK colleagues.
Young people want to be involved and millennials are a demographic that WFP hasn't really engaged with in the past. But clearly their support is key if we are to reach our goal of achieving zero hunger in fifteen years.
Fifteen years ago, Europe produced more natural gas than Russia, today, Russia exports three times more natural gas to Europe than Europe produces.
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.
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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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