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English
Etymology From Middle English fiftene Old English fīftīene fīftēne Proto-Germanic *fimftehun West Frisian fyftjin Dutch vijftien German fünfzehn Danish femten five -teen
Pronunciation ( next word stressed near the first syllable )
( UK , US ) enPR : fĭf'tēn , IPA (key ) : /ˈfɪf.tiːn/ ( next word stressed after the first syllable )
( UK , US ) enPR : fĭf-tēn' , IPA (key ) : /fɪfˈtiːn/ Rhymes: -iːn
Numeral fifteen (cardinal , ordinal fifteenth
The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16).
Synonyms Roman numerals: XV
Arabic numerals: 15
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Derived terms
Translations cardinal number
Afrikaans: vyftien (af)
Albanian: pesëmbëdhjetë (sq)
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Amharic: አስራ አምስት ( ʾäsra ʾämsət )
Arabic: خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ ( ḵamsata ʕašara )
Egyptian Arabic: خمستاشر ( ḵamastāšar )
Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
Aramaic:
Hebrew: 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: kaglima
Breton: pemzek (br)
Brunei Malay: lima balas
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
Central Sierra Miwok: naˀá·ča- máš·ok·a-ˀ hej·i-ˀ
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 )
Classical Nahuatl: caxtōlli
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 )
Esperanto: dek kvin
Estonian: viisteist (et)
Faroese: fimtan
Fijian: tini ka lima
Finnish: viisitoista (fi)
French: quinze (fr) m
Friulian: cuindis
Galician: quince (gl)
Georgian: თხუთმეტი (ka) ( txutmeṭi )
German: fünfzehn (de)
Gothic: 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 ( fimftaihun )
Greek: δεκαπέντε (el) ( dekapénte )
Ancient: 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)
Inari Sami: vittnubáloh
Indonesian: lima belas (id)
Ingrian: viistoist
Interlingua: dece-cinque
Irish: cúig déag
Italian: quindici (it) m
Japanese: 十五 (ja) ( じゅうご, jūgo )
Javanese: limalas
Kannada: ಹದಿನೈದು (kn) ( hadinaidu )
Kazakh: он бес ( on bes )
Khmer: ដប់ប្រាំ ( dop pram ) (numeral: ១៥ )
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 French: 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
Malayalam: പതിനഞ്ച് (ml) ( patinañcŭ )
Maltese: ħmistax
Manchu: ᡨᠣᡶᠣᡥᠣᠨ ( tofohon )
Maori: tekau mā rima (mi)
Marathi: पंधरा ( pandhrā )
Middle English: fiftene
Mon: စှ်သုန်
Mongolian: арван тав ( arvan tav )
Navajo: ashdlaʼáadah
Neapolitan: quinnece
Norman: tchinze ( Guernsey ) , tchînze ( Jersey )
North Frisian: füftanj ( Föhr )
Northern Mansi: (please verify ) атхуйплов ( athujplov )
Northern Sami: vihttanuppelohkái
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
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
Romagnol: quinṣ quingg
Romani:
Kalo Finnish Romani: deȟ-o-pangȟ
Romanian: cincisprezece (ro) , cinșpe ( informal )
Romansch: ( Grischun ) quindesch
Russian: пятна́дцать (ru) ( pjatnádcatʹ )
S'gaw Karen: တဆံယဲၢ် ( ta hsee yeẖ )
Samoan: sefulu lima
Sanskrit: पञ्चदश (sa) ( páñcadaśa )
Scottish Gaelic: còig deug
Seraiki: پَندھَرَاں ( pandharāṉ )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: петнаест
Roman: petnaest
Shan: သိပ်းႁႃႈ ( síp hāa )
Sinhalese: පහළොව ( pahaḷowa )
Skolt Sami: vitmlo
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 )
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)
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 )
West Frisian: fyftjin (fy)
Wolof: fukk ak juróom
Yakut: уон биэс ( uon bies )
Yiddish: פֿופֿצן ( fuftsn )
Yup'ik: akimiaq
Zazaki: pancês (diq) , desupanc
Zhuang: cib haj
See also
Noun fifteen (plural fifteens
( Ireland , mostly in plural) Irish traybake made with crushed digestive biscuits , marshmallows and glacé cherries combined with condensed milk and desiccated coconut .
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