FOURTEEN


Meaning of FOURTEEN in English

four ‧ teen /ˌfɔːˈtiːn◂ $ ˌfɔːr-/ BrE AmE number

[ Language: Old English ; Origin: feowertiene , from feower 'four' + tien 'ten' ]

the number 14:

He used to work fourteen hours a day.

I started playing the guitar when I was fourteen (=14 years old) .

—fourteenth adjective , pronoun :

in the fourteenth century

my fourteenth birthday

I’m planning to leave on the fourteenth (=the 14th day of the month) .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.