# fourteenth

Pronunciation: US say "for-TEENTH" /ˌfɔɹˈtiːnθ/; UK say "faw-TEENTH" /ˌfɔːˈtiːnθ/

## Adjective

1. Occupying the position numbered fourteen in an ordered sequence, coming immediately after the thirteenth.
   - Simple: Coming right after the thirteenth in order, at number 14 in a series.
   - _The committee met for the fourteenth time this year._
   - _July marks the fourteenth anniversary of the company's founding._

## Noun

2. The person or thing occupying position fourteen in a sequence or order.
   - Simple: The person or thing that comes number 14 in a group or order.
   - _Among the runners, she crossed the line as the fourteenth._
   - _Louis the Fourteenth built the palace at Versailles._
3. Any one of fourteen equal parts into which a whole is divided.
   - Simple: One part of something that has been divided into fourteen equal parts.
   - _She inherited a fourteenth of her grandfather's estate._
   - _When split among the partners, each fourteenth came to a modest sum._
4. The musical interval that comprises an octave plus a seventh.
   - Simple: In music, the gap between two notes equal to one octave plus a seventh.
   - _Composers occasionally write a fourteenth to create a wide, open sound._
   - _The cellist reached for a fourteenth, stretching nearly two octaves._

## Origin

From Old English fēowertēoþa, equivalent to 'fourteen' combined with the suffix '-th'.

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