What does fifteen mean?
Definitions for fifteen
ˈfɪfˈtinfif·teen
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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
Etymology: [OE. fiftene, AS. fftne, fftne. See Five, and Ten, and cf. Fifty.]
Fifteen(noun)
the sum of five and ten; fifteen units or objects
Etymology: [OE. fiftene, AS. fftne, fftne. See Five, and Ten, and cf. Fifty.]
Fifteen(noun)
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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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
Reviewing these past cases has also reminded us that many years ago people didn't publicly discuss the kind of salacious allegations documented in these files, a virtuous intent to protect the faithful from scandal unfortunately prevented the transparency and awareness that has helped us confront this problem more directly over the past fifteen years. We are continuing to learn and strive to improve our assistance for those who are victims and survivors of child sexual abuse.
Bernstein Research analyst Trevor Striling:
Fifteen days in itself is not significant. We really have to see what develops from here. Does the Commission need more extensions? Does the Tribunal end up holding public hearings? Is there an appeal to the Competition Appeal Court? Those are all the things that would be significant.
A reporter is always concerned with tomorrow. There's nothing tangible of yesterday. All I can say I've done is agitate the air ten or fifteen minutes and then boom -- it's gone.
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.
In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.
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Translations for fifteen
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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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