fifteen

Meaning

Num

The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16).

Noun

An Irish traybake made with crushed digestive biscuits, marshmallows and glacé cherries combined with condensed milk and desiccated coconut.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɪf.tiːn/

Etymology

PIE word
*pénkʷe
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.