FIFTEEN


Meaning of FIFTEEN in English

n. & adj.

--n.

1. one more than fourteen, or five more than ten; the product of three units and five units.

2 a symbol for this (15, xv, XV).

3 a size etc. denoted by fifteen.

4 a team of fifteen players, esp. in Rugby football.

5 (the Fifteen) hist. the Jacobite rebellion of 1715.

6 (15) Brit. (of films) classified as suitable for persons of 15 years and over.

--adj. that amount to fifteen.

Derivatives:

fifteenth adj. & n.

Etymology: OE fiftene (as FIVE, -TEEN)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.