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XIV

XIV

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A Roman numeral for fourteen
  • numeral
translation icon : XIV
  • On the clock, twelve plus two hours is equal to XIV.
  • Louis XIV
  • chapter XIV
  • King XIV

Examples

  • The King known as Louis XIV brought his people food, prosperity and peace, and is remembered as the greatest ruler in the history of his nation.

    The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)

  • The Academy of Science was founded by Louis XIV to encourage and protect French scientific research.

    Blog text (6)

  • How many things do you see that would have amazed King Louis XIV of France?

    Academic text (2011)

  • Louis XIV tried to take Monaco, but failed.

    Grace of Monaco (2014)

  • It dates all the way back to Louis XIV.

    Smart People (2008)

  • Cassini had emigrated to France after King Louis XIV had formed the Royal Academy of Science.

    Academic text (2002)

  • For in France, the autocratic state, as created by Louis XIV and his dedicated ministers, bore down heavily on the King's subjects.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Meanwhile, at the Palace of Versailles, Marie-Josephe's father, King Louis XIV, King of France, had recently returned victorious from an expensive war that had dragged on for years.

    The King's Daughter (2022)

  • The Roman numeral XIV represents the number fourteen.

  • In math class, we learned that XIV is the number fourteen in Roman numerals.

Synonyms

fourteen
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A number after thirteen and before fifteen

is the symbol form written in Roman numerals rather than word or digits

Surface Forms

XIV roman numeral
14 cardinal digit
fourteen cardinal word
14th ordinal digit
fourteenth ordinal word

Etymology

XIV is a Roman numeral made of X ('ten') and IV ('one before five'), so it shows 10 plus 4 and equals fourteen. A simple image to remember it is an I stepping in front of V to 'take one from five', making 4 which adds to 10.