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fif⋅teen

  [fif-teen]
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–noun
1. a cardinal number, ten plus five.
2. a symbol for this number, as 15 or XV.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
–adjective
4. amounting to 15 in number.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME, OE fiftene. See five, -teen
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fif·teen   (fĭf-tēn')   
n.  

  1. The cardinal number equal to 14 + 1.

  2. The 15th in a set or sequence.


[Middle English fiftene, from Old English fīftēne; see penkwe in Indo-European roots.]
fif·teen' adj. & pron.
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Word Origin & History

fifteen 
O.E. fiftyne, from fif "five" + tyne "teen," from ten "ten." (cf. O.N. fimtan, Sw. femton, Du. vüftien, Ger. fünfzehn, Goth. fimftaihun).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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