Meaning

1 senses

  1. (not comparable)The ordinal form of the number fifteen.

    fünfzehnte

    пятна́дцатыйpjatnádcatyj

    п'ятна́дцятийpʺjatnádcjatyj

More definitions
  • coming next after the fourteenth and just before the sixteenth in position

Examples

27 sentences

  1. She celebrated her fifteenth birthday yesterday.

    ruОна вчера отметила своё пятнадцатилетие. — marafon

    deSie feierte gestern ihren fünfzehnten Geburtstag. — Hans_Adler

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  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

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  3. At last her fifteenth birthday came.

    ruНаконец наступил её пятнадцатый день рождения. — Wezel

    deEndlich kam ihr 15. Geburtstag. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  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

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
ordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th:
Русский
By meaning 1
ordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
ordinal form of number fifteen — see also 15th:

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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Synonyms

2 synonyms
15th
in names of monarchs and popes:XV
Close in meaning
  • coming next after the fourteenth and just before the sixteenth in position:15th

Word family

1 related words
Derivedfifteenthly

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fiercelyC1fieryfifteenA1fifthB1fiftieth

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