fifteenth








adjective

  1. next after the fourteenth; being the ordinal number for 15.
  2. being one of 15 equal parts.

noun

  1. a fifteenth part, especially of one (1/15).
  2. the fifteenth member of a series.
  3. Music. the interval of two octaves.

adjective

    1. coming after the fourteenth in order, position, time, etc. Often written: 15th
    2. (as noun)the fifteenth of the month

noun

    1. one of 15 equal or nearly equal parts of something
    2. (as modifier)a fifteenth part
  1. the fraction equal to one divided by 15 (1/15)
    1. an interval of two octaves
    2. one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other, esp the one higher in pitch
    3. an organ stop of diapason quality sounding a note two octaves higher than that normally produced by the key depressed; a two-foot stop
adj.

late 14c., from fifteen + -th (1). By 15c. displacing forms derived from Old English fifteoða. Cf. Old Frisian fiftuda, Dutch vijftiende, German fünfzehnte, Old Norse fimmtandi, Gothic fimftataihunda.

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