fiftene

Middle English

Middle English numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: fiftene

Alternative forms

• viftene, fyvetene, fiften, fyftene

Etymology

From Anglian Old English fīftēne (compare West Saxon fīftīene), from Proto-Germanic *fimftehun; equivalent to five +‎ -tene.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfifteːn(ə)/, /ˈfiːfteːn(ə)/, /ˈfiːvteːn(ə)/

Numeral

fiftene

1. fifteen

Descendants

• English: fifteen
• Yola: vifteen

References

• “fī̆f-tẹ̄ne, card. num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.