fourteen

American  

[fawr-teen, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˈtin, ˈfoʊr- /

noun

1. a cardinal number, ten plus four.

2. a symbol for this number, as 14 or XIV.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 14 in number.

fourteen British  

/ ˈfɔːˈtiːn /

noun

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and four

2. a numeral, 14, XIV, etc, representing this number

3. something represented by, representing, or consisting of 14 units

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determiner

1. 1. amounting to fourteen

      fourteen cats

   2. ( as pronoun )

      the fourteen who remained

Etymology

Origin of fourteen

before 950; Middle English fourtene, Old English fēowertēne. See four, -teen

Example Sentences

Among fourteen civilians killed in the Gulf since the conflict began, according to an AFP tally, eight were foreign nationals from Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and India.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Not many hours later on Saturday, these bets were closed out for a profit of $409,882, around fourteen times the original stake money.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 5, 2026

Researchers Kohki Horie, Keiichiro Toda, Takuma Nakamura, and Takuro Ideguchi at the University of Tokyo have created a microscope capable of detecting signals across an intensity range fourteen times broader than that of standard instruments.

From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2025

“Our house,” he tells a new acquaintance, “has been in Mom’s family for a hundred and fourteen years.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Mulberry Row’s small houses were between twelve and fourteen feet wide and fourteen to twenty feet long, with dirt floors and a fireplace.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis