forty

CEFRA1

/ˈfɔːti/

number · numeral

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    number

    The number that is one more than thirty-nine.

  2. 02

    number

    Extra detail

    A bottle (of beer) containing forty fluid ounces.

Examples

  • We have enjoyed peace for more than forty years.

  • She is probably over forty.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • [ˈfɑɹɾij]
  • [ˈfoːtɪj]

Deep Dive

number

Extra meaning

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a fort.

numeral

Extra meaning

  1. The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40.

More examples

In context

  • 'Tis forty years this very day, Since you and I, old girl, were married.

  • It's on, wrap my lips around the forty / And when it comes to getting another stogie […] Grab your forty, let's get keyed

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Origin

number

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