fourteen

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English

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    Cardinal: fourteen
    Ordinal: fourteenth
    Adverbial: fourteen times
    Multiplier: fourteenfold
    Group collective: fourteensome
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Etymology

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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

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  • (next word stressed near the first syllable)
    (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɔː.tiːn/
    (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹ.tin/
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  • (next word stressed after the first syllable)
    (UK) IPA(key): /ˌfɔːˈtiːn/
    (US) IPA(key): /ˌfɔɹtˈtin/
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Numeral

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fourteen

  1. The cardinal number occurring after thirteen and before fifteen, represented in Roman numerals as XIV and in Arabic numerals as 14.

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