forty
numeralnounadjectivecommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈfɔːti//
- United Kingdom//ˈfoːtɪj//
- United States//ˈfoɹti//
- United States/[ˈfoɹɾi]/
- /[ˈfɑɹɾij]/
The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40.
numeral
- 1
The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40.
'Tis forty years this very day, Since you and I, old girl, were married.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr Proto-Germanic *fedwōr Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥-t(-s) Proto-Germanic *tegun(dz) Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz Proto-West Germanic *feuwar tigiwi Old English fēowertiġ Middle English fourty English forty From Middle English fourty, forty, from Old English fēowertiġ, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz (“forty”). By surface analysis, four + -ty.
noun
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slangA bottle (of beer) containing forty fluid ounces.
It's on, wrap my lips around the forty / And when it comes to getting another stogie […] Grab your forty, let's get keyed
adjective
- 1
Resembling or characteristic of a fort.
Etymology
From fort + y.
Forms
- plural
- forties
- comparative
- more forty
- superlative
- most forty
forty · The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40.
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