forty
See also: förty
English
| 400 | ||||
| ← 30 | ← 39 | 40 | 41 → | 50 → |
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| 4 | ||||
| Cardinal: forty Ordinal: fortieth Adverbial: forty times Multiplier: fortyfold | ||||
Alternative forms
- fourty (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (UK, General Australian, New Zealand) enPR: fô'tē, IPA(key): /ˈfɔːtiː/
- (General American) enPR: fôr'tē, IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹti/, [ˈfɔɹɾi]
- (St. Louis (Missouri)) IPA(key): [ˈfɑɹɾij]
Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ti
- Hyphenation: for‧ty
Etymology 1
From Middle English fourti, feortiȝ, from Old English fēowertiġ, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz (“forty”).
Numeral
forty
- 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.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- Ordinal: fortieth
- home forty
Translations
the cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine
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See also
- Last: thirty (30), thirty-nine (39)
- Next: forty-one (41), fifty (50)
Derived terms
Terms derived from the numeral or noun forty
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔr.tɨ/
- Rhymes: -ɔrtɨ
- Syllabification: for‧ty
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