Fourteen
(adjective)
- Being one more than thirteen.
- Being a quantity of fourteen.
Origin:
From middle english fourten, from old english fēowertēne ("fourteen"), from proto-germanic *fedworteinaz (compare dutch veertien, german vierzehn), from proto-indo-european *kwetwór ("four") + *-dwe(n) (compare latin quattuordecim, sanskrit चतुर्दश (caturdaśa, "fourteen")).
Examples:
- Fourteen is the number after thirteen.
- He was fourteen years old.
- The bus had fourteen passengers.
- The team has fourteen players.
- She was fourteen weeks pregnant.