# fifteen

Pronunciation: say "FIF-teen" /ˈfɪf.tiːn/

## Numeral

1. The cardinal number that follows fourteen and precedes sixteen.
   - Simple: The number that comes right after fourteen and before sixteen.
   - _The team needed fifteen points to win the match._
   - _Only fifteen of the original applicants remained by the final round._

## Noun

2. A sweet Irish traybake in which crushed digestive biscuits, marshmallows, and glacé cherries are mixed with condensed milk and desiccated coconut. *(Ireland)*
   - Simple: A sweet Irish snack made from crushed cookies, marshmallows, and cherries, mixed with sweet condensed milk and coconut.
   - _A plate of fifteens went round with the tea after the christening._
   - _Her fifteen recipe came from a battered parish cookbook, with the measurements scribbled in the margin._

## Origin

From Middle English fiftene, from Old English fīftīene, from Proto-Germanic *fimftehun. It is equivalent to five + -teen, and is related to Dutch vijftien, German fünfzehn, and Danish femten.

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