fourteen
numeralnouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈfɔː.tiːn//
- United States//ˈfɔɹ.tin//
- United States//ˌfɔɹtˈtin//
The cardinal number occurring after thirteen and before fifteen.
numeral
- 1
The cardinal number occurring after thirteen and before fifteen.
[…] as soul-deadeningly, eye-strainingly, sleep-inducingly boring as going through fourteen file boxes of sloppily photostatted bank records.
Etymology
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.
noun
- 1
A group of fourteen items.
Forms
- plural
- fourteens
Fountain · A placename: A ghost town in Mendocino County, California,…four · A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and…fours · A pair of fours.
fourteen · The cardinal number occurring after thirteen and before fifteen.
fourth · The ordinal form of the number four.Fourth · The Fourth of July.fowler · A hunter of wildfowl.