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fifteenth

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?f?f?ti?n?/
  • Rhymes: -i?n?
  • Hyphenation: fif?teenth

Adjective

fifteenth (not comparable)

  1. The ordinal form of the number fifteen.

Synonyms

  • 15th, 15th; (in names of monarchs and popes) XV

Translations

Noun

fifteenth (plural fifteenths)

  1. The person or thing in the fifteenth position.
  2. One of fifteen equal parts of a whole.
  3. (music) The interval comprising two octaves.

Translations

fifteenth From the web:



sixteenth

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?s?ks?ti?n?/
  • Rhymes: -i?n?
  • Hyphenation: six?teenth

Adjective

sixteenth

  1. The ordinal form of the number sixteen.

Usage notes

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

Abbreviations

  • 16th, 16th; (in names of monarchs and popes) XVI

Translations

Noun

sixteenth (plural sixteenths)

  1. One of sixteen equal parts of a whole.
    A sixteenth of 320 is 20.

Translations

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