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Webster 1913 Edition


Fifteenth

Fif′teenthˊ

,
Adj.
[OE.
fiftenthe
; cf.
fiftethe
, AS.
fīfteōða
. See
Fifteen
.]
1.
Next in order after the fourteenth; – the ordinal of fifteen.
2.
Consisting of one of fifteen equal parts or divisions of a thing.

Fif′teenthˊ

,
Noun.
1.
One of fifteen equal parts or divisions; the quotient of a unit divided by fifteen.
2.
A species of tax upon personal property formerly laid on towns, boroughs, etc., in England, being one fifteenth part of what the personal property in each town, etc., had been valued at.
Burrill.
3.
(Mus.)
(a)
A stop in an organ tuned two octaves above the diaposon.
(b)
An interval consisting of two octaves.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fifteenth

FIFTEE'NTH

,
Adj.
1.
The ordinal of fifteen; the fifth after the tenth.
2.
Containing one part in fifteen.

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fifteenth

fifteenth

English

English numbers
 <  14 15 16  > 
    Cardinal : fifteen
    Ordinal : fifteenth
    Multiplier : fifteenfold

Adjective

fifteenth (not comparable)

  1. The ordinal form of the number fifteen.

Synonyms

  • 15th, 15th; (in names of monarchs and popes) XV

Translations

Noun

fifteenth (plural fifteenths)

  1. The person or thing in the fifteenth position.
  2. One of fifteen equal parts of a whole.

Translations