fourth

CEFRA1

/fɔːθ/

adjective · noun

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  1. 01

    adjective

    Coming after third and before fifth in order.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.

Examples

  • April is the fourth month of the year.

  • He finished in fourth place during the final running race.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /fo(ː)ɹθ/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. The person or thing in the fourth position.

  2. The ordinal form of the number four.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).

More examples

In context

  • The fourth period was moved up to the third.

  • Finnley is the fourth daughter of Jason and Kylie Kelce, having already welcomed Wyatt, Elliotte and Bennett to the family.

  • […] thirds (sixtieths of seconds), fourths (sixtieths of thirds) and so on, but then it becomes very cumbersome.

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Origin

adjective

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.