forty

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See also: förty

Englisch

English numbers (edit)
400
 ←  30  ←  39 40 41  →  50  → 
4
    Cardinal: forty
    Ordinal: fortieth
    Adverbial: forty times
    Multiplier: fortyfold

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English fourti, feortiȝ, from Old English fēowertiġ, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz (forty).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: fô'tē, IPA(key): /fɔːtiː/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: fôr'tē, IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹti/, [ˈfɔɹɾi]
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "St. Louis" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [ˈfɑɹɾij]
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  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ti
  • Hyphenation: for‧ty

Numeral

forty

  1. The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one.
    • 1825, unknown, Harrison's Amusing Picture and Poetry Book, page 35:
      'Tis forty years this very day,
      Since you and I, old girl, were married.

Usage notes

  • In modern usage, the spelling fourty is nonstandard.

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See also

Nomen

forty (plural forties)

  1. (slang) A bottle of beer containing forty fluid ounces.

Derived terms

Polish

Pronunciation

Nomen

forty

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of fort