forty

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English

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

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from Old English fēowertiġ, ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz (forty).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹti/, [ˈfɔɹɾi]
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "St. Louis" is not valid. See WT:LOL. 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.

Usage notes

  • In modern usage, the spelling fourty is nonstandard.

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Noun

forty (plural forties)

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

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Polish

Noun

forty

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of fort