fifteen
n.n. the number that comes after fourteen and before sixteen.
n. the cardinal number equivalent to the sum of ten and five.
There are fifteen students in the classroom today.
The train leaves in fifteen minutes, so we should start walking to the station now.
The survey indicates that fifteen percent of the population remains undecided about the new policy, representing a significant portion of the electorate.
PIE word *pénkʷe From Middle English fiftene, from Old English fīftīene, fīftēne, from Proto-Germanic *fimftehun. Cognate with West Frisian fyftjin, Dutch vijftien, German fünfzehn, Danish femten. Equivalent to five + -teen.
Functions as both a noun and a determiner depending on the syntactic context.
fiveteenfifteenLearners often mistakenly use 'five' as the root instead of the irregular 'fif-' form used for 15 and 50.