Meanings
adjectivefifteenth (not comparable)
nounfifteenth (plural fifteenths)
plural fifteenths
- The person or thing in the fifteenth position.
- One of fifteen equal parts of a whole.
- entertainmentThe interval comprising two octaves.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThe ordinal form of the number fifteen.
Similar
15thXV
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecoming next after the fourteenth and just before the sixteenth in position
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Origin
- Old Englishfīftēoþa
- Middle Englishfiftenthe
- Englishfifteenth
Inherited from Middle English fiftenthe, fiftethe, from Old English fīftēoþa, equivalent to fifteen + -th.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans vyftiende
- vyftiendeordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Ancient Greek πεντεκαιδέκατος
- πεντεκαιδέκατος (pentekaidékatos)ordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Basque hamabosgarren
- hamabosgarrenordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Bengali পঞ্চদশ
- পঞ্চদশ (poncodoś)ordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Bulgarian петнадесети
- петнадесети (petnadeseti)ordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Catalan quinzè
- quinzèordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Czech patnáctý
- patnáctýordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Danish femtende
- femtendeordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Dutch vijftiende
- vijftiendeordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Esperanto dek kvina
- dek kvinaordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Estonian viieteistkümnes
- viieteistkümnesordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Finnish viidestoista, viidestoista
- viidestoistaordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
- viidestoistaperson or thing in the fifteenth position
- viidestoistaosaone of fifteen equal parts
French quinzième, quinze
- quinzièmeordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
- quinzeordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
- quinzièmeperson or thing in the fifteenth position
- quinzièmeone of fifteen equal parts
German fünfzehnte
- fünfzehnteordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Hindi पंद्रहवाँ, पन्द्रहवाँ
- पंद्रहवाँ (pandrahvā̃)ordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
- पन्द्रहवाँ (pandrahvā̃)ordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
- पन्दरहवाँ (pandarahvā̃)ordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Hungarian tizenötödik, tizenötödik
- tizenötödikordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
- tizenötödikperson or thing in the fifteenth position
- tizenötödone of fifteen equal parts
- kvintdecimamusical interval comprising two octaves
Irish an cuigú ... déag
- an cuigú ... déagordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Italian quindicesimo, quindicesimo
- quindicesimoordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
- quindicesimoordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
- quindicesimoperson or thing in the fifteenth position
- quindicesimaperson or thing in the fifteenth position
- quindicesimoone of fifteen equal parts
Japanese 十五度
- 十五度 (jūgodo)musical interval comprising two octaves
Korean 열다섯째
- 열다섯째 (yeoldaseotjjae)ordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Latin quintus decimus, quintus decimus
- quintus decimusordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
- quintus decimusperson or thing in the fifteenth position
- quintum decimumone of fifteen equal parts
Latvian piecpadsmitais
- piecpadsmitaisordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Lithuanian penkioliktas
- penkioliktasordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Norwegian femtende
- femtendeordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Persian پانزدهم
- پانزدهم (pânzdahom)ordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Polish piętnasty
- piętnastyordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Portuguese décimo quinto
- décimo quintoordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Romanian cincisprezecelea, cinșpelea
- cincisprezeceleaordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
- cinșpeleaordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
- al cincisprezeceleaperson or thing in the fifteenth position
- a cincisprezeceaperson or thing in the fifteenth position
- cincisprezecimeone of fifteen equal parts
- a cincisprezecea parteone of fifteen equal parts
- cvintadecimămusical interval comprising two octaves
Russian пятна́дцатый, пятнадцатая
- пятна́дцатый (pjatnádcatyj)ordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
- пятнадцатаяone of fifteen equal parts
Slovak pätnásty
- pätnástyordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Spanish decimoquinto, decimoquinto
- decimoquintoordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
- decimoquintoperson or thing in the fifteenth position
- decimoquintaperson or thing in the fifteenth position
- quinceavoone of fifteen equal parts
Swedish femtonde, femtondel
- femtondeordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
- femtondelone of fifteen equal parts
Tagalog pang-labinlima, ikalabinlima
- pang-labinlimaordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
- ikalabinlimaordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Tamil பதினைந்தாம், பதினைந்தாவது
- பதினைந்தாம் (patiṉaintām)ordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
- பதினைந்தாவது (patiṉaintāvatu)ordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Thai ที่สิบห้า
- ที่สิบห้า (tîi-sìp-hâa)ordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Turkish on beşinci, on beşinci
- on beşinciordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
- on beşinciperson or thing in the fifteenth position
Ukrainian п'ятна́дцятий
- п'ятна́дцятий (pʺjatnádcjatyj)ordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Vietnamese thứ mười lăm
- thứ mười lămordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
Yiddish פֿופֿצנט, פֿופֿצנטל
- פֿופֿצנט (fuftsnt)ordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th
- פֿופֿצנטל (fuftsntl)one of fifteen equal parts
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with fifteenth
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APA
fifteenth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fifteenth
MLA
“fifteenth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fifteenth. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fifteenth,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fifteenth.
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