fourteen
English
← 13 | 14 | 15 → |
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Cardinal: fourteen Ordinal: fourteenth Adverbial: fourteen times Multiplier: fourteenfold |
Alternative forms
- Arabic numerals: 14
- Roman numerals: XIV
- fourteene (obsolete)
- forteen (obsolete)
- forteene (obsolete)
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- (next word stressed near the first syllable)
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɔː.tiːn/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹ.tin/
Audio (US) (file) - (next word stressed after the first syllable)
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌfɔːˈtiːn/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌfɔɹtˈtin/
- Rhymes: -iːn
Numeral
fourteen
- The cardinal number occurring after thirteen and before fifteen, represented in Roman numerals as XIV and in Arabic numerals as 14.
Coordinate terms
- Prev: thirteen. Next: fifteen.
Derived terms
- fourteener
- fourteens
- fourteenth
Related terms
- Ordinal: fourteenth
Translations
cardinal number
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