fourteen English · revision 15353

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 950}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈfɔː.tiːn/, /ˌfɔːˈtiːn/ ''(UK)''; /ˈfɔɹ.tin/, /ˌfɔɹtˈtin/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|fourtene]], [[inh|ang|fēowertīene]] (also [[m|ang|fēowertȳne]]),^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from [[m|ang|fēower|t=four]] and [[m|ang|-tīene|t=-teen]] (see [[four]] and [[-teen]]).^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) Similar formations are [[osx|fiertein]], [[ofs|fiuwertine]], [[nl|veertien]], [[de|vierzehn]], [[da|fjorten]] and [[got|𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽|tr=fidwortaihun]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ About 950 in the OED;^(OED 1989) Etymonline dates the Middle English form to about 1300.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Fourteen night'', a fortnight, is Old English (before 1000) and now obsolete.^(OED 1989) A fourteen-shilling piece was called a fourteen from 1693.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 950 – fēowertīene.^(OED 1989)

+ * before 1000 – fourteen night, a fortnight.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1300 – fourtene.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The [[cardinal number]] equal to thirteen plus one, written 14 or XIV.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Amounting to fourteen.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[fourteenth]]

+ * [[fortnight]]

+ * [[fourteener]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[four]]

+ * [[fourth]]

+ * [[forty]]

+ * [[-teen]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}