viisteist

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Estonian

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    Cardinal: viisteist
    Ordinal: viieteistkümnes
    Fractional: viieteistkümnendik

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *viici toicta kümmentä. Equivalent to viis (five) +‎ teist (of second). Shortened from viisteistkümmend ("five of the second decade"), which is still evident in declension. Cognate with Finnish viisitoista.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈviːsˌtei̯st/
  • Hyphenation: viis‧teist
  • Rhymes: -eist

Numeral

viisteist

  1. fifteen

Usage notes

There is also a shortened genitive singular, viieteist and another alternative partitive singular viitteistkümmend.

Declension