fifteenth

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun position 15 in a countable series of things
  2. adjective coming next after the fourteenth and just before the sixteenth in position

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English fiftenthe, fiftethe, from Old English fīftēoþa, equivalent to fifteen + -th.

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