Meaning

3 senses
  1. The person or thing in the fifteenth position.

  2. One of fifteen equal parts of a whole.

    пятнадцатая

  3. The interval comprising two octaves.

More definitions
  • position 15 in a countable series of things

Examples

27 sentences
  1. She celebrated her fifteenth birthday yesterday.

    ruОна вчера отметила своё пятнадцатилетие. — marafon

    deSie feierte gestern ihren fünfzehnten Geburtstag. — Hans_Adler

  2. Tom needs to renew his passport before the fifteenth of next month.

    ruТому нужно обновить свой паспорт до пятнадцатого числа следующего месяца. — igor123

    deTom muss vor dem Fünfzehnten des nächsten Monats seinen Pass erneuern lassen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. At last her fifteenth birthday came.

    ruНаконец наступил её пятнадцатый день рождения. — Wezel

    deEndlich kam ihr 15. Geburtstag. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Today is Sunday, the fifteenth of October.

    deHeute ist Sonntag, der fünfzehnte Oktober. — carlosalberto

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  5. This drawing dates back to the fifteenth century.

    ruЭтот рисунок датируется XV веком. — odexed

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
one of fifteen equal parts:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English fiftenthe, fiftethe, from Old English fīftēoþa, equivalent t

Inherited from Middle English fiftenthe, fiftethe, from Old English fīftēoþa, equivalent to fifteen + -th.

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Forms

plural: fifteenths
Singularfifteenth
Pluralfifteenths

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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