fourteen

CEFRA1

/ˈfɔː.tiːn/

number · numeral

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In plain English

  1. 01

    number

    The number that is one more than thirteen.

  2. 02

    numeral

    Extra detail

    The cardinal number occurring after thirteen and before fifteen.

Examples

  • And I was fourteen years old before I touched a piano for the first time.

  • My brother left his school when he was fourteen years old.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
2
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈfɔɹ.tin/
  • /ˌfɔɹtˈtin/

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In context

  • […] as soul-deadeningly, eye-strainingly, sleep-inducingly boring as going through fourteen file boxes of sloppily photostatted bank records.

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Origin

number

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.