fourtene

Middle English

Middle English numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: fourtene

Alternative forms

• ffortene, ffourtene, fourten, fourtiene, fowretene, fowrten, fowrtene

Etymology

From Anglian Old English fēowertēne (compare West Saxon fēowertīene), from Proto-Germanic *fedurtehun; equivalent to four +‎ -tene.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔu̯rteːn(ə)/

Numeral

fourtene

1. fourteen

Derived terms

• fourtenyght

Descendants

• English: fourteen
• Scots: fowerteen
• Yola: vourteen

References

• “four-tẹ̄ne, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.