How do you pronounce fourteen?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɔɹ.tin/.

Where does fourteen come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

fourteen

/ˈfɔɹ.tin/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.88 in modern English

Syllables: four-teen
IPA: /ˈfɔɹ.tin/

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Meaning

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The cardinal number occurring after thirteen and before fifteen.

noun

A group of fourteen items.

Example Sentences

"[…] as soul-deadeningly, eye-strainingly, sleep-inducingly boring as going through fourteen file boxes of sloppily photostatted bank records."

Etymology

From Middle English fourtene, from Old English fēowertīene, from Proto-Germanic *fedurtehun. Cognate with West Frisian fjirtjin, Dutch veertien, German vierzehn, Danish fjorten. Equivalent to four + -teen.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: fourtene, fēowertīene, *fedurtehun

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈfɔɹ.tin/
British English: /ˈfɔː.tiːn/

Inflected Forms

14 (alternative) XIV (alternative) fourteene (alternative, obsolete) forteen (alternative, obsolete) forteene (alternative, obsolete) fourteens (plural)

Derived Forms

fortnight fourteener fourteenish fourteenness fourteenpence fourteenpenny fourteens fourteenth

Frequently Paired Words

fourteenth 14[Arabic numeral]]s> XIV xiv[Roman numeral]]s> E Prev: thirteen. Next: fifteen.

Synonyms

14 xiv

Rhymes With

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