fifteenth

[ fif-teenth ]

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.

  1. Music. the interval of two octaves.

Origin of fifteenth

1
before 900; Middle English fiftenthe (see fifteen, -th2); replacing Middle English fiftethe,Old English fīftēotha

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British Dictionary definitions for fifteenth

fifteenth

/ (ˈfɪfˈtiːnθ) /


adjective
    • coming after the fourteenth in order, position, time, etc. Often written: 15th

    • (as noun): the fifteenth of the month

noun
    • one of 15 equal or nearly equal parts of something

    • (as modifier): a fifteenth part

  1. the fraction equal to one divided by 15 (1/15)

    • an interval of two octaves

    • one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other, esp the one higher in pitch

    • an organ stop of diapason quality sounding a note two octaves higher than that normally produced by the key depressed; a two-foot stop

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