fifteenth
Syllables: fif·teenth/ˌfɪfˈtiːnθ/
fifteenth adjective: the ordinal form of the number fifteen.
Adjective
fifteenth (not comparable)
Noun
fifteenth (plural fifteenths)
- The person or thing in the fifteenth position.
- One of fifteen equal parts of a whole.
- The interval comprising two octaves.
fifteenth meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
fifteenth in Hindi
- ordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
- पंद्रहवाँ pandrahvā̃, पन्द्रहवाँ pandrahvā̃, पन्दरहवाँ pandarahvā̃
fifteenth in Tamil
- ordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
- பதினைந்தாம் patiṉaintām, பதினைந்தாவது patiṉaintāvatu
fifteenth in Marathi
- ordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
- पंधरावा pandhrāvā, पंधरावे pandhrāve, पंधरावी pandhrāvī
- person or thing in the fifteenth position
- पंधरावा pandhrāvā, पंधरावी pandhrāvī, पंधरावे pandhrāve
fifteenth in Urdu
- پندھرواں
More languagesFewer languages
- fifteenth in Bengali
- পঞ্চদশ poncodoś
- fifteenth in Telugu
- పదిహేనవ padihēnava
- fifteenth in Malayalam
- പതിനഞ്ചാം patinañcāṁ, പതിനഞ്ചാമത്തെ patinañcāmatte
- fifteenth in Kannada
- ಹದಿನೈದನೇಯದು, ಹದಿನೈದನೇ, ಹದಿನೈದನೆಯದು
- fifteenth in Punjabi
- ਪੰਦਰਾਂਵਾਂ, ਪੰਦਰਵੀਂ, ਪੰਦਰਾਂਵੀਂ
- fifteenth in Gujarati
- પંદરમું pandarmũ
- fifteenth in Odia
- ପଞ୍ଚଦଶ, ପନ୍ଦରତମ
- fifteenth in Sanskrit
- पञ्चदश pañcadaśá
- fifteenth in Tagalog
- pang-labinlima, ikalabinlima
- fifteenth in Persian
- پانزدهم pânzdahom
- fifteenth in Thai
- ที่สิบห้า tîi-sìp-hâa
- fifteenth in Vietnamese
- thứ mười lăm
Examples of fifteenth in a sentence
- In the fifteenth century, he espoused ecology ante litteram. He endorsed ecology before the term "ecology" existed.
- This church dates back to the 11th century, though the great majority of its fabric is fifteenth century or later.
- Until the fifteenth century, Koreans had a native word for the numeral "hundred", but it has since been replaced by a Sino-Korean word.
Synonyms of fifteenth
- 15th
- XV
Forms of fifteenth
| plural | fifteenths |
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Origin of fifteenth
Inherited from Middle English fiftenthe, fiftethe, from Old English fīftēoþa, equivalent to fifteen + -th.
Words formed from fifteenth
Words that rhyme with fifteenth
Questions about fifteenth
- What does fifteenth mean?
- Fifteenth means the ordinal form of the number fifteen.
- What is fifteenth in Hindi?
- Fifteenth in Hindi is पंद्रहवाँ (pandrahvā̃), पन्द्रहवाँ (pandrahvā̃), पन्दरहवाँ (pandarahvā̃). See Fifteenth meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fifteenth?
- Fifteenth can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce fifteenth?
- Fifteenth is pronounced /ˌfɪfˈtiːnθ/.
Words near fifteenth in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: fifteenth (page history and authors); fifteenth (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fifteenth (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fifteenth (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); પંદરમું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); fifteenth (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); पञ्चदश (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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