English Explanatory Dictionary

forty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

num
  1. The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40.
noun
  1. A bottle (of beer) containing forty fluid ounces.
adj
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a fort.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɔːti/ [ˈfoːtɪj] fôr'tē /ˈfɔɹti/ [ˈfɔɹɾi] [ˈfɑɹɾij] en-us-forty.ogg /ˈfɔɾte/ /-tɪ/ /-ti/ /fɒ(r).ʈi/

Word forms

forty fourty forties more forty most forty

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr Proto-Germanic *fedwōr Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz Old English fēowertiġ Middle English fourti English forty From Middle English fourti, feortiȝ, from Old English fēowertiġ, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz (“forty”). By surface analysis, four + -ty.

Synonyms

twoscore

Derived words

back forty forty-eighter forty-eleven forty-foot equivalent unit fortyish forty-leven Forty Mile fortypenny forty-rod forty-second cousin forty-something fortysomething forty-spot forty weepy weepy forty winks home forty pianny forty pianny-forty plough the back forty roaring forties top forty two-forty two-forty on a plank road Forties forty minutes of hell Forty Thieves north forty
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