different between fifteen vs quinze

English

Alternative forms

• fiveteen (obsolete) [17th–18th c.]
• fifteene (obsolete) [16th–19th c.]

Etymology

From Middle English fiftene, from Old English f?ft?ene, f?ft?ne, from Proto-Germanic *fimftehun. Cognate with West Frisian fyftjin, Dutch vijftien, German fünfzehn, Danish femten.

Pronunciation

• (next word stressed near the first syllable)

  (UK, US) enPR: f?f't?n, IPA^(key): /?f?f.ti?n/

• (next word stressed after the first syllable)

  (UK, US) enPR: f?f-t?n', IPA^(key): /f?f?ti?n/

• Rhymes: -i?n

Numeral

fifteen (cardinal, ordinal fifteenth)

1. The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16).

Synonyms

• Roman numerals: XV
• Arabic numerals: 15

Coordinate terms

• Previous: fourteen
• Next: sixteen

Derived terms

• 15 minutes, 15 minutes of fame

Translations

See also

• (15 times): quindecuple
• (15-line): quindecuplet
• (15-man): quindecemvir
• (15-year): quindecennial
• (15-sided shape): quindecagon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French quinze (“fifteen”).

Noun

quinze (uncountable)

1. An old French card game of Spanish origin, players attempting to make fifteen points.

Anagrams

• zequin

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin qu?ndecim.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?kin.z?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?kin.ze/
• Rhymes: -inze

Numeral

quinze m or f

1. fifteen

Noun

quinze m (plural quinzes)

1. fifteen

Related terms

• cinc
• deu

Further reading

• “quinze” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “quinze” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “quinze” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “quinze” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Middle French quinze, from Old French, from Latin qu?ndecim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??z/

Numeral

quinze

1. fifteen

Derived terms

• quinzième
• quinze jours

Related terms

• cinq
• dix

Further reading

• “quinze” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• niquez

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin quindecim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??.z?/

Numeral

quinze (invariable)

1. fifteen (15)

Derived terms

• quinziesme

Descendants

• French: quinze

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin qu?ndecim.

Numeral

quinze

1. fifteen

Related terms

• quinzen

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, ?ISBN, page 803.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese quinze, from Latin qu?ndecim.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?k?.z?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?k?.zi/
• Hyphenation: quin?ze

Numeral

quinze m or f

1. fifteen

Noun

quinze m (plural quinzes)

1. fifteen

Related terms

• cinco
• dez

Spanish

Numeral

quinze

1. Obsolete spelling of quince