English Explanatory Dictionary

fourth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

The ordinal form of the number four.

noun

The person or thing in the fourth position.
A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.
The fourth gear of an engine.
A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).
One sixtieth of a third or tierce.

verb

To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been thirded.

name

The Fourth of July.

Pronunciation

/fɔːθ/ fôrth /fɔɹθ/ /fo(ː)ɹθ/ /foəθ/ en-us-fourth.ogg

Word forms

fourth fourths fourthing fourthed the Fourth 4th

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English fourthe, an alteration (due to four) of ferthe, from Old English fēorþa, fēowerþa, from Proto-West Germanic *feurþō, from Proto-Germanic *fedurþô, equivalent to four + -th (ordinal suffix). Cognates Compare West Frisian fjirde, Saterland Frisian fjädde, fjoode, Dutch vierde, German Low German feerde, feerd, German vierte, Danish fjerde, Icelandic fjórði.

Synonyms

Derived words

fardel farthing firkin fourth-class fourth class fourth contact fourth cousin fourth cover fourth cranial nerve Fourth Cycle fourth-degree fourth-degree burn fourth digit fourth dimension fourth down fourth estate fourth finger fourth freedom rights fourth gear fourth gender fourth grade fourth grader fourthie Fourth Industrial Revolution fourthly fourth market Fourth Month fourthness fourth normal form fourth official Fourth of July fourth-party logistics fourth person fourth point of contact fourth position fourth rail fourth rate fourth-rate Fourth Reich fourth slip fourth stump fourth trimester fourth ventricle fourth wall fourth-wave feminism Fourth World fourth year May the Fourth may the fourth be with you augmented fourth diminished fourth perfect fourth

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