fifteenth
gb/fɪftˈinθ/ us/fɪftˈinθ/
A1
אנגלית
~ 7600
משמעויות
0 משמעויות
adjective
A1
relation
1
in the fifteenth position
In the place with the number 15 in a line or list.
תבנית שימוש:
the fifteenth [noun]
טעות נפוצה:
Learners sometimes confuse the spelling and use forms like *fifteenth* instead of *fifteenth*, or they use *fifteen* when they need the ordinal *fifteenth* (e.g., saying *the fifteen floor* instead of *the fifteenth floor*).
מילים נרדפות
15th (Written form using digits instead of the spelled-out word.)
הפכים
fourteenth (Indicates the position immediately before fifteenth in order.)
צירופים
fifteenth floor
|fifteenth birthday
|fifteenth century
|fifteenth anniversary
|fifteenth day
נושאים
numbers
|time
|education
|core_vocabulary
דוגמאות
- Their office is on the fifteenth floor of the building.
- She is celebrating her fifteenth birthday this weekend.
- The painting dates back to the fifteenth century.
- He lives in the fifteenth house on this street.
- This is the fifteenth question on the test.
דוגמאות ללומדים
- My classroom is on the fifteenth floor.
- Today is my fifteenth lesson in English.
- We visited the city’s fifteenth school.
- She sits in the fifteenth seat in the row.
שם עצם
A2
entity
2
thing or person in 15th place
The person, thing, or day that is number 15 in order.
תבנית שימוש:
to finish fifteenth in [competition]
טעות נפוצה:
Learners sometimes say *the fifteen* instead of *the fifteenth* when talking about dates (e.g., *I arrived on the fifteen of June*). Another mistake is using *on fifteenth June* instead of the more natural *on the fifteenth of June* in many dialects of English.
מילים נרדפות
15th place (Makes the idea of position in a ranking explicit, often used in sports or competitions.)
הפכים
first (Represents the top or starting position, contrasted with the lower position of fifteenth.)
צירופים
finish fifteenth
|come fifteenth
|in fifteenth place
|the fifteenth of May
|payday on the fifteenth
נושאים
numbers
|time
|sports
|core_vocabulary
דוגמאות
- She finished fifteenth in a field of over three hundred runners.
- Our team moved up to fifteenth in the league table.
- Today is the fifteenth, so the rent is due.
- The meeting is on the fifteenth of next month.
- He was the fifteenth to arrive at the party.
דוגמאות ללומדים
- He came fifteenth in the race.
- Today is the fifteenth of June.
- Our class is in room fifteen on the fifteenth floor.
- The bill is paid on the fifteenth every month.
שם עצם
B1
quantity
3
one fifteenth as a fraction
One part when something is cut into 15 equal parts.
תבנית שימוש:
a fifteenth of [something]
טעות נפוצה:
Learners often avoid using *a fifteenth* and instead say *one over fifteen* or *one divided by fifteen*. While these are understandable, *one fifteenth* or *a fifteenth* is the natural fractional form in everyday English.
מילים נרדפות
one fifteenth (More explicit fractional form, often clearer in speech and writing than the shorter *a fifteenth*.)
הפכים
the whole (Represents the complete amount, as opposed to just one small fractional part.)
צירופים
a fifteenth of the total
|one fifteenth share
|a fifteenth of the cost
|a fifteenth of the income
נושאים
numbers
|math
|finance
|core_vocabulary
|education
דוגמאות
- Only a fifteenth of the budget is spent on training.
- Each investor owns a fifteenth of the company.
- The tax rate increased by a fifteenth this year.
- He donated a fifteenth of his salary to charity.
דוגמאות ללומדים
- We paid a fifteenth of the total price today.
- Each friend took a fifteenth of the cake.
- She spends a fifteenth of her money on books.
שם עצם
technical
B2
relation
4
two-octave musical interval
In music, a sound or note that is two octaves higher than the written note, often made by a special organ stop.
תבנית שימוש:
play at the fifteenth [on an organ]
טעות נפוצה:
Learners may think *fifteenth* in this context means the fifteenth note in a scale, but in music it refers to an interval of two octaves or an organ stop at that pitch.
מילים נרדפות
double octave (General musical term for an interval of two octaves; lacks the specific association with organ stops that *fifteenth* has.)
הפכים
unison (Indicates no pitch distance between notes, contrasting with the wide two-octave distance of a fifteenth.)
צירופים
organ fifteenth
|fifteenth stop
|at the fifteenth
|fifteenth rank
נושאים
music
|art
|arts_entertainment
דוגמאות
- The organist pulled out the fifteenth to brighten the sound of the hymn.
- In this passage the melody is doubled at the fifteenth above the soprano line.
- Adding the fifteenth stop gives the organ tone extra brilliance.
דוגמאות ללומדים
- The organ has a fifteenth stop for very high notes.
- The melody is played at the fifteenth above the main tune.
- He explained that a fifteenth is two octaves higher.
דקדוק
צורת המילון
fifteenth
IPA
GB/fɪftˈinθ/
US/fɪftˈinθ/
הברות והטעמה
fif - teenth (2 הברות)
Stress on 2nd syllable (teenth)
צורות המילה
Adjective
- Base: fifteenth
- Comparative: fifteenther
- Superlative: fifteenthest
Noun
- Base: fifteenth
- Plural: fifteenths
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