xv

Other forms of xv

plural

xvs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about xv

What does xv mean?

xv means "the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in xv?

xv has 1 syllable: xv.

What is another word for xv?

Close synonyms include fifteen, 15, fifteen, 15. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is xv a common word?

xv is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.