fourteenth

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adjective

four·​teenth -n(t)th 

1

: being number 14 in a countable series

the fourteenth day

see Table of Numbers

2

: being one of 14 equal parts into which something is divisible

a fourteenth share of the money

fourteenth

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noun

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plural fourteenths

-n(t)s, 

-n(t)ths

1

: number 14 in a countable series

the fourteenth of the month

2

: the quotient of a unit divided by 14 : one of 14 equal parts of something

one fourteenth of the total

3

a

: a musical interval (see interval sense 2c) embracing an octave and a seventh : a musical interval embracing fourteen diatonic degrees

b

: a note thirteen diatonic degrees from another note : a note an octave and a seventh above or below another note

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English fourtenthe, adjective & noun, alteration (influenced by fourtene fourteen) of fourtethe, from Old English fēowertēotha (akin to Old Norse fjōrtāndi fourteenth), from fēowertīene, fēowertȳne, fēowertēne fourteen + -otha, -tha -th

Noun

Middle English fourtenthe

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Rhymes for fourteenth

• eighteenth
• fifteenth
• nineteenth
• sixteenth
• thirteenth
• umpteenth
• seventeenth