Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Proto-Germanic*fedurtehun
- Old Englishfēowertīene
- Middle Englishfourtene
- Englishfourteen
From Middle English fourtene, from Old English fēowertīene, from Proto-Germanic *fedurtehun. Cognate with West Frisian fjirtjin, Dutch veertien, German vierzehn, Danish fjorten. Equivalent to four + -teen.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans veertien
- veertiencardinal number
Ancient Greek δεκατέσσαρες, ιδ΄
- δεκατέσσαρες (dekatéssares)cardinal number
- ιδ΄cardinal number
- τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα (tessareskaídeka)cardinal number
Arabic أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ
- أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ (ʔarbaʕata ʕašara)cardinal number
Basque hamalau
- hamalaucardinal number
Bengali চোদ্দ
- চোদ্দ (cōddo)cardinal number
Bulgarian четирина́десет, четирина́йсет
- четирина́десет (četirinádeset)cardinal number
- четирина́йсет (četirinájset)cardinal number
Catalan catorze
- catorzecardinal number
Chinese Cantonese 十四
- 十四 (sap⁶ sei³)cardinal number
Chinese Mandarin 十四
- 十四 (shísì)cardinal number
Czech čtrnáct
- čtrnáctcardinal number
Danish fjorten
- fjortencardinal number
Dutch veertien
- veertiencardinal number
Esperanto dek kvar
- dek kvarcardinal number
Estonian neliteist
- neliteistcardinal number
Finnish neljätoista
- neljätoistacardinal number
French quatorze
- quatorzecardinal number
German vierzehn
- vierzehncardinal number
Greek δεκατέσσερις, δεκατέσσερα
- δεκατέσσερις (dekatésseris)cardinal number
- δεκατέσσερα (dekatéssera)cardinal number
Hawaiian ʻumikūmāhā
- ʻumikūmāhācardinal number
Hebrew אַרְבַּע־עֶשְׂרֵה, אַרְבָּעָה־עָשָׂר
- אַרְבַּע־עֶשְׂרֵה (arba-esre)cardinal number
- אַרְבָּעָה־עָשָׂר (arba'a-sar)cardinal number
Hindi चौदह
- चौदह (caudah)cardinal number
Hungarian tizennégy
- tizennégycardinal number
Icelandic fjórtán
- fjórtáncardinal number
Indonesian empat belas
- empat belascardinal number
Irish ceathair déag
- ceathair déagcardinal number
Italian quattordici
- quattordicicardinal number
Japanese 十四
- 十四 (jūyon)cardinal number
Korean 열넷, 십사
- 열넷 (yeollet)cardinal number
- 십사 (sipsa)cardinal number
Latin quattuordecim
- quattuordecimcardinal number
Latvian četrpadsmit
- četrpadsmitcardinal number
Lithuanian keturiolika
- keturiolikacardinal number
Malay empat belas, sepuluh empat
- empat belascardinal number
- sepuluh empatcardinal number
- satu puluh empatcardinal number
Māori ngahuru mā whā, tekau mā whā
- ngahuru mā whācardinal number
- tekau mā whācardinal number
Norwegian fjorten
- fjortencardinal number
Persian چهارده
- چهارده (čahârdah)cardinal number
Polish czternaście, czternaścioro
- czternaściecardinal number
- czternaściorocardinal number
Portuguese catorze, quatorze
- catorzecardinal number
- quatorzecardinal number
Punjabi ਚੌਦਾਂ
- ਚੌਦਾਂ (caudā̃)cardinal number
Romanian paisprezece, paișpe
- paisprezececardinal number
- paișpecardinal number
Russian четы́рнадцать
- четы́рнадцать (četýrnadcatʹ)cardinal number
Scottish Gaelic ceithir-deug
- ceithir-deugcardinal number
Slovak štrnásť
- štrnásťcardinal number
Spanish catorce
- catorcecardinal number
Swahili kumi na nne
- kumi na nnecardinal number
Swedish fjorton
- fjortoncardinal number
Tagalog labing-apat
- labing-apatcardinal number
Tamil பதினான்கு
- பதினான்கு (patiṉāṉku)cardinal number
Thai สิบสี่
- สิบสี่ (sìp-sìi)cardinal number
Turkish on dört
- on dörtcardinal number
Ukrainian чотирна́дцять
- чотирна́дцять (čotyrnádcjatʹ)cardinal number
Urdu چودہ
- چودہ (caudah)cardinal number
Vietnamese mười bốn
- mười bốncardinal number
Welsh deusaith, pedwar ar ddeg
- deusaithcardinal number
- pedwar ar ddegcardinal number
- pedair ar ddegcardinal number
- un deg pedwarcardinal number
- un deg pedaircardinal number
Yiddish פֿערצן
- פֿערצן (fertsn)cardinal number
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with fourteen
beenbetweengreenmagazinemeanseenscreenmachinecleangenescenedeanjeanroutineHalloweenbeancuisinevaccineEugeneChristineleanfifteengasolinekeen
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
fourteen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fourteen
MLA
“fourteen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fourteen. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fourteen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fourteen.
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