I. (ˈ)fō(ə)r](t)|tēn, -ȯ(ə)r], -ōə|, -ȯ(ə)] sometimes ]d.|ēn adjective
Etymology: Middle English fourtene, from Old English fēowertīene, fēowertȳne, fēowertēne (akin to Old High German fiorzehan fourteen, Old Norse fjōrtān, Gothic fidwortaihun ), from fēower four + -tīene, -tȳne, -tēne (from tīen, tȳn, tēn ten) — more at four , ten
: being one more than 13
fourteen years
— see number table
II. pronoun, plural in construction
Etymology: Middle English fourtene, from Old English fēowertīene, fēowertȳne, fēowertēne, from fēowertīne, fēowertȳne, fēowertēne, adjective
: fourteen countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
fourteen are here
fourteen were found
III. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English fourtene, from Old English fēowertīene, fēowertȳne, fēowertēne, from fēowertīene, fēowertȳne, fēowertēne, adjective
1. : 10 and four : twice seven : seven times two
2.
a. : 14 units or objects
a total of fourteen
b. : a group or set of 14
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 14
4. : the 14th in a set or series ; especially : an article of clothing of the 14th size
wears a fourteen