Quinze (en. Fifteen)

/kɛ̃z/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

noun

Fifteen is a number that represents the numerical value after fourteen and before sixteen.

There are fifteen players on the team.

Il y a quinze joueurs dans l'équipe.

It can also refer to a group of fifteen objects or individuals.

We bought fifteen apples at the market.

Nous avons acheté quinze pommes au marché.

Used to indicate the age of fifteen years.

She celebrated her fifteenth birthday yesterday.

Elle a fêté ses quinze ans hier.

Derived from the Latin 'quindecim', which means fifteen.

fifteen minutes

A delay of a quarter of an hour.

quinze minutes

to be fifteen years old

To be fifteen years old.

avoir quinze ans

to count to fifteen

To give oneself a pause before reacting.

compter jusqu'à quinze

fourteen

Cardinal number before fifteen.

quatorze

sixteen

Cardinal number after fifteen.

seize

twenty

Cardinal number that follows fifteen.

vingt

In some urban contexts, 'fifteen' can evoke something ridiculous or unserious.

This work is really fifteen, I can do it in a snap.

Ce travail est vraiment quinze, je peux le faire en un éclair.