fifteen

English

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Cardinal: fifteen     Ordinal: fifteenth     Abbreviated ordinal: 15th     Adverbial: fifteen times     Fractional: fifteenth

Alternative forms

• fiveteen (obsolete) [17th–18th c.]
• fifteene (obsolete) [16th–19th c.]

Etymology

PIE word
*pénkʷe

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe

Proto-Germanic *fimf

Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥

Proto-Germanic *tehun

Proto-Germanic *fimftehun

Anglian Old English fīftīene

Middle English fiftene

English fifteen

From Middle English fiftene, from Old English fīftīene, fīftēne, from Proto-Germanic *fimftehun. Cognate with West Frisian fyftjin, Dutch vijftien, German fünfzehn, Danish femten. Equivalent to five +‎ -teen.

Pronunciation

• (next word stressed near the first syllable)

  (UK, US) enPR: fĭf'tēn, IPA^(key): /ˈfɪf.tiːn/

• Audio (US):

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• (next word stressed after the first syllable)

  (UK, US) enPR: fĭf-tēn', IPA^(key): /fɪfˈtiːn/

• Rhymes: -iːn

Numeral

fifteen (cardinal, ordinal fifteenth)

1. The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16).
   • 1960 December 17, C.I. Sulzberger, “Fifteen Men on the Dead Man's Chest”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 4 August 2025:

     The fifteen men are, of course, the fifteen allies and the dead man's chest is the strategic principle on which their alliance is founded and which is now moribund.

   • 1968, Christopher Hodder-Williams, “Hands”, in Fistful of Digits, London: Coronet Books, published 1972, →ISBN, page 125:

     She was, in fact, constitutionally impervious to statistics and preferred to study the be-headphoned group of fifteen or so lethargic wanderers who were taking even less notice of the remorseless squawkings than she was.

   • December 2019/January 2020, Wayne Curtis, “Discover Cuba’s Other Rum Cocktail: El Presidente”, in Garden & Gun‎^[2], archived from the original on 15 August 2021:

     I first sipped an El Presidente fifteen years ago, in Havana, at a sidewalk café across from a vendor selling postcards of Che Guevara. It was revelatory.

Synonyms

• Roman numerals: XV
• Arabic numerals: 15

Coordinate terms

• Previous: fourteen
• Next: sixteen

Derived terms

• 15 minutes, 15 minutes of fame
• fifteen and two
• fifteener
• fifteen hundred
• fifteenish
• fifteen-minute city
• fifteenness
• fifteenpence
• fifteenpenny
• first fifteen
• freshman fifteen
• make a dollar out of fifteen cents
• sweet fifteen

Descendants

• Tok Pisin: fiftin

Translations

cardinal number

• Afrikaans: vyftien (af)
• Albanian: pesëmbëdhjetë (sq)
• Altai:

  Southern Altai: он беш (on beš)

• American Sign Language: (OpenB@Side-PalmBack Flatten)
• Amharic: አስራ አምስት (ʾäsra ʾämsət)
• Arabic: خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ (ḵamsata ʕašara)

  Egyptian Arabic: خمستاشر (ḵamastāšar)

• Aragonese: quince
• Aramaic:

  Hebrew script: חמשעסר m (khamsha‘sar), חמשעסרא f (khamsha‘esrē)

  Syriac: ܚܡܫܥܣܪ m (khamsha‘sar), ܚܡܫܥܣܪܐ f (khamsha‘esrē)

• Armenian: տասնհինգ (hy) (tasnhing)
• Asturian: quince (ast)
• Aymara: tunka phisqani
• Azerbaijani: on beş (az)
• Bashkir: ун биш (un biş)
• Basque: hamabost (eu)
• Belarusian: пятна́ццаць (be) (pjatnáccacʹ)
• Bengali: পনেরো (bn) (ponerō) (numeral: ১৫)
• Bikol:

  Central Bikol: kaglima

• Breton: pemzek (br)
• Bulgarian: петна́десет (bg) (petnádeset), петна́йсет (petnájset)
• Burmese: ဆယ့်ငါး (hcai.nga:) (numeral: ၁၅)
• Buryat: арбан табан (arban taban)
• Carpathian Rusyn: пятна́дцять (pjatnádcjatʹ)
• Catalan: quinze (ca)
• Cebuano: napulog lima
• Chechen: пхийтта (pxiı̇tta)
• Cherokee: ᏍᎩᎦᏚ (sgigadu), ᎯᏍᎦᏚ (hisgadu)
• Chichewa: khumi n'zisanu
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 十五 (sap⁶ ng⁵)

  Hakka: 十五 (sṳ̍p-ńg)

  Mandarin: 十五 (zh) (shíwǔ)

• Chuvash: вунпиллӗк (vunp̬illĕk), вунпилӗк (vunp̬ilĕk)
• Corsican: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: patnáct (cs)
• Dalmatian: čonco
• Danish: femten (da)
• Dena'ina: ch'qilu beq'di
• Dhivehi: ފަނަރަ (fanara)
• Dutch: vijftien (nl) f
• Dzongkha: བཅོ་ལྔ (bco lnga)
• Elfdalian: femtǫ
• Esperanto: dek kvin
• Estonian: viisteist (et)
• Faroese: fimtan
• Fijian: tini ka lima
• Finnish: viisitoista (fi)
• French: quinze (fr) m
• Frisian:

  North Frisian: füftanj (Föhr)

  West Frisian: fyftjin (fy)

• Friulian: cuindis
• Galician: quince (gl)
• Georgian: თხუთმეტი (ka) (txutmeṭi)
• German: fünfzehn (de)
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (fimftaihun)
• Greek: δεκαπέντε (el) (dekapénte)

  Ancient Greek: πεντεκαίδεκα (pentekaídeka), ιε΄ (numeral)

• Greenlandic: aqqaneq-tallimat
• Gujarati: પંદર (gu) (pandar)
• Haitian Creole: kenz
• Hawaiian: ʻumikūmālima
• Hebrew: חֲמֵשׁ־עֶשְׂרֵה f (khamesh esre) (used in counting), חֲמִשָּׁה־עָשָׂר m (khamisha asar)
• Hindi: पंद्रह (hi) m (pandrah)
• Hopi: pakwt niikyang tsivot siikya’ta
• Hungarian: tizenöt (hu)
• Hunsrik: fufzen, finnefzen
• Icelandic: fimmtán (is)
• Ido: dek-e-kin (io)
• Indonesian: lima belas (id)
• Ingrian: viistoist
• Interlingua: dece-cinque
• Inupiaq: akimiaq
• Irish: cúig déag
• Italian: quindici (it) m
• Japanese: 十五 (ja) (じゅうご, jūgo)
• Javanese: limalas
• Kannada: ಹದಿನೈದು (kn) (hadinaidu)
• Karen:

  S'gaw Karen: တဆံယဲၢ် (ta hsee yeẖ)

• Kazakh: он бес (on bes)
• Khmer: ដប់ប្រាំ (dop pram) (numeral: ១៥)
• Komi:

  Komi-Permyak: дасвит (dasvit)

• Korean: 열다섯 (ko) (yeoldaseot), 십오(十五) (ko) (sibo)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: پانزە (panze)

  Northern Kurdish: pazde (ku), pazdeh (ku)

• Kyrgyz: он беш (ky) (on beş)
• Ladin: please add this translation if you can
• Lakota: akézaptaŋ
• Lao: ສິບຫ້າ (sip hā) (numeral: ໑໕)
• Latin: quīndecim (la)
• Latvian: piecpadsmit (lv)
• Ligurian: chìnze
• Lithuanian: penkiolika (lt)
• Livonian: vīžtuoistõn
• Lombard: quindes
• Louisiana Creole: kinz
• Low German: föffteihn (nds), foffteihn (nds)

  German Low German: föffteihn (nds), füwtain (nds) (Münsterland)

• Lü: ᦉᦲᧇᦠᦱᧉ (ṡiibḣaa²) (numeral: ᧑᧕)
• Luxembourgish: fofzéng (lb)
• Macedonian: петна́есет (petnáeset)
• Malagasy: dimy ambinifolo
• Malay: lima belas (ms), sepuluh lima, satu puluh lima

  Brunei Malay: lima balas

• Malayalam: പതിനഞ്ച് (ml) (patinañcŭ)
• Maltese: ħmistax
• Manchu: ᡨᠣᡶᠣᡥᠣᠨ (tofohon)
• Mansi:

  Northern Mansi: ^{(please verify)} атхуйплов (athujplov)

• Māori: tekau mā rima (mi)
• Marathi: पंधरा (pandhrā)
• Middle English: fiftene
• Miwok:

  Central Sierra Miwok: naˀá·ča- máš·ok·a-ˀ hej·i-ˀ

• Mon: စှ်သုန်
• Mongolian: арван тав (arvan tav)
• Naga:

  Khiamniungan Naga: tshìekǜmǖngōu

• Nahuatl:

  Classical Nahuatl: caxtōlli

• Navajo: ashdlaʼáadah
• Neapolitan: quinnece
• Norman: tchinze (Guernsey), tchînze (Jersey)
• Norwegian: femten (no)
• Occitan: quinze (oc)
• Odia: ପନ୍ଦର (or) (pandara) (numeral: ୧୫ (15))
• Ojibwe: ashi-naanan
• Old Church Slavonic: пѧть на дєсѧтє (pętĭ na desęte) (numeral: е҃і)
• Old English: fīftīene
• Pannonian Rusyn: петнац (petnac)
• Pennsylvania German: fuffzeh, fuftzay
• Persian: پانزده (fa) (pânzdah)
• Piedmontese: quindes
• Polish: piętnaście (pl), (collective) piętnaścioro (pl)
• Portuguese: quinze (pt)
• Punjabi: ,

  Gurmukhi: ਪੰਦਰਾਂ (pandrā̃)

  Shahmukhi: پَندراں (pandrāṉ)

• Quechua: chunka pichqayuq
• Réunion Creole French: kinz
• Romagnol: quinṣ, quingg
• Romani:

  Kalo Finnish Romani: deȟ-o-pangȟ

• Romanian: cincisprezece (ro), cinșpe (informal)
• Romansh: (Grischun) quindesch
• Russian: пятна́дцать (ru) (pjatnádcatʹ)
• Sami:

  Inari Sami: vittnubáloh

  Kildin Sami: выдтэмплоагкь (vydtemplågk’)

  Northern Sami: vihttanuppelohkái

  Skolt Sami: vitmlo

• Samoan: sefulu lima
• Sanskrit: पञ्चदश (sa) (páñcadaśa)
• Scottish Gaelic: còig-deug
• Saraiki: پَندھَرَاں (pandharāṉ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: петнаест

  Latin: petnaest

• Shan: သိပ်းႁႃႈ (síp hāa)
• Sikkimese: བཅོ་ལྔ (bco lnga)
• Sinhalese: පහළොව (pahaḷowa)
• Slovak: pätnásť (sk)
• Slovene: petnajst (sl)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: pěśnasćo

  Upper Sorbian: pjatnaće

• Spanish: quince (es) m
• Swahili: kumi na tano
• Swedish: femton (sv)
• Tagalog: labinlima (tl)
• Tahitian: hō'ē 'ahuru ma pae
• Tajik: понздаҳ (tg) (ponzdah)
• Tamil: பதினைந்து (ta) (patiṉaintu)
• Tatar: унбиш (unbiş)
• Telugu: పదిహేను (te) (padihēnu)
• Thai: สิบห้า (th) (sìp-hâa) (numeral: ๑๕)
• Tibetan: བཅོ་ལྔ (bco lnga)
• Tigre: ዐስር ወሐምስ (ʿäsr wäḥäms)
• Tigrinya: ዓሰርተ ሓሙሽተ (ʿasärtä ḥamuštä)
• Tok Pisin: fiftin, wanpela ten faiv
• Tongan: hongofulu mā nima
• Turkish: on beş (tr)
• Turkmen: on bäş (tk)
• Udmurt: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: п’ятна́дцять (uk) (pʺjatnádcjatʹ)
• Urdu: پندرہ (pandrah)
• Uyghur: ئون بەش (ug) (on besh)
• Uzbek: oʻn besh (uz)
• Vietnamese: mười lăm (vi)
• Volapük: deglul, balselul (older term, obsolete)
• Waray-Waray: kinse
• Welsh: pymtheg (cy) (vigesimal, traditional), un deg pump (cy) (decimal)
• Wolaytta: tammanne ichchasha
• Wolof: fukk ak juróom
• Yakut: уон биэс (uon bies)
• Yiddish: פֿופֿצן (fuftsn)
• Yucatec Maya: joʼolajun
• Yup'ik: akimiaq
• Zazaki: pancês (diq), desupanc
• Zhuang: cib haj

See also

• (15 times): quindecuple
• (15-line): quindecuplet
• (15-man): quindecemvir
• (15-year): quindecennial
• (15-sided shape): quindecagon

Noun

fifteen (plural fifteens)

1. (Ireland, mostly in plural) An Irish traybake made with crushed digestive biscuits, marshmallows and glacé cherries combined with condensed milk and desiccated coconut.

See also

• fifteens