Quinzième (en. Fifteenth)

[kɛ̃ʒjɛm]

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

noun

Fifth arrondissement of Paris.

I live in the fifteenth arrondissement.

J'habite dans le quinzième arrondissement.

The fifteenth part of a whole.

He divided the cake into fifteen equal parts, so each received a fifteenth.

Il a partagé le gâteau en quinze parts égales, chacun a donc reçu une quinzième.

The word 'fifteenth' comes from the Latin 'quindecimus', which means 'fifteen'.

fifteenth anniversary

Celebration of fifteen years.

quinzième anniversaire

fifteenth track

Refers to an option or path considered to be the fifteenth.

quinzième voie

fourteenth

Follows the thirteenth and precedes the fifteenth.

quatorzième

sixteenth

Follows the fifteenth and precedes the sixteenth.

seizième

To be fifteen years old.

At this age, one is said to be at the fifteenth.

À cet âge, on dit qu'on est au quinzième.

To refer to a phase of adolescence.

He is going through his fifteenth, it's a difficult time.

Il traverse son quinzième, c'est un temps difficile.