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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 725|origins=gem-pro *fimftehun}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈfɪf.tiːn/, /fɪfˈtiːn/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|ang|fīftīene]], fīftēne, fīftȳne,^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from fīf, [[five]], and -tēne, -tȳne, [[-teen]], from tēn, [[ten]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) It is cognate with Old Frisian fiftine, Old Saxon fiftein, Dutch vijftien, Old High German finfzehan (German fünfzehn), Old Norse fimtān and Gothic fimftaihun.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The number: about 725, in ''Beowulf'', in Barnhart;^(Barnhart 1988) before 1000 in the OED.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In English history, a fifteen was a tax of one fifteenth on personal property, now obsolete (1494).^(OED 1989) A side of fifteen players at Rugby football is from 1878.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) ''The Fifteen'' is the Jacobite rising of 1715,^(Collins 2023) and in Scotland the judges of the Court of Session.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 725 – fiftēne, in Beowulf.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1494 – a tax of a fifteenth (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1878 – a Rugby side.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Numeral===

+ # The [[cardinal]] number that is ten plus five.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(rugby union)'' A team of fifteen players.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[fifteenth]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[five]]

+ * [[-teen]]

+ * [[ten]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}