What does forty mean?
Definitions for forty
ˈfɔr tiforty
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word forty.
Princeton's WordNet
forty, 40, XL(adj)
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four
forty, 40, xl, twoscore(adj)
being ten more than thirty
Wiktionary
forty(Noun)
A 40 ounce bottle of beer.
forty(Numeral)
The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one.
Webster Dictionary
Forty(adj)
four times ten; thirty-nine and one more
Forty(noun)
the sum of four tens; forty units or objects
Forty(noun)
a symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl
Origin: [OE. forti, fourti, fowerti, AS. fewertig; fewer four + suff. -tig ten; akin to OS. fiwartig, fiartig, D. veertig, G. vierzig, Icel. fjrutu, Sw. fyratio, Dan. fyrretyve, Goth. fidwr tigjus. See Four, and Ten, and cf. Fourteen.]
Freebase
Forty
Forty: Live Limited Edition is a live album released by Thomas Dolby in 2001. It was recorded at a gathering at his Half Moon Bay, Northern California, home celebrating his fortieth birthday, and at another private performance. It features backing musicians Brian Salter, Leslie Adams, and Caroline Lavelle. All seven songs originally appeared on previous albums: three from The Flat Earth, two from Aliens Ate My Buick, and one each from The Golden Age of Wireless and Astronauts and Heretics.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Forty
for′ti, adj. and n. four times ten.—adj. For′tieth.—n. a fortieth part.—Forty winks, a short nap, esp. after dinner.—The Forty, the French Academy. [A.S. féowertig—feower, four, tig, ten.]
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'forty' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3566
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'forty' in Written Corpus Frequency: #278
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of forty in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of forty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of forty in a Sentence
Every man over forty is a scoundrel.
England has forty-two religions and only two sauces.
Be wise with speed . A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
One ad is worth more to a paper than forty editorials.
Forty is the old age of youth fifty is the youth of old age.
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- veertigAfrikaans
- ٤٠, أَرْبَعِينَ, أربَعُونArabic
- qırxAzerbaijani
- ҡырҡBashkir
- соракBelarusian
- четиридесетBulgarian
- চল্লিশBengali
- daou-ugentBreton
- quarantaCatalan, Valencian
- шовзткъаChechen
- čtyřicetCzech
- чєтырє дєсѧтєOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- fyrreDanish
- vierzigGerman
- σαράνταGreek
- kvardekEsperanto
- cuarentaSpanish
- nelikümmendEstonian
- berrogeiBasque
- چهلPersian
- neljäkymmentäFinnish
- va saga vuluFijian
- fjørutiFaroese
- quaranteFrench
- fjirtichWestern Frisian
- daicheadIrish
- ceathrad, fichead, dàScottish Gaelic
- corentaGalician
- אַרְבָּעִיםHebrew
- चालीसHindi
- karantHaitian Creole
- negyvenHungarian
- քառասունArmenian
- quarantaInterlingua
- empat puluhIndonesian
- quaradekIdo
- fjörutíuIcelandic
- quarantaItalian
- 四十Japanese
- ორმოციGeorgian
- қырықKazakh
- សែសិបKhmer
- 마흔, 四十, 사십Korean
- çil, چلKurdish
- кыркKyrgyz
- quadragintaLatin
- véierzegLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ສີ່ສິບLao
- keturiasdešimtLithuanian
- četrdesmitLatvian
- whā tekauMāori
- четириесетMacedonian
- дөчMongolian
- empat puluhMalay
- erbgħinMaltese
- လေးဆယ်Burmese
- animoNauru
- veertigDutch
- førtiNorwegian
- dízdiinNavajo, Navaho
- makumi anayiChichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- quarantaOccitan
- niimidanaOjibwe, Ojibwa
- czterdzieściPolish
- quarentaPortuguese
- tawa chunkaQuechua
- curànta, quaraunta, quaranta, curontaRomansh
- patruzeciRomanian
- со́рокRussian
- चत्वारिंशत्Sanskrit
- caranta, barantaSardinian
- четрдесет, četrdesetSerbo-Croatian
- හතළිහSinhala, Sinhalese
- štyridsaťSlovak
- štiridesetSlovene
- fagafuluSamoan
- dyzetAlbanian
- fyrti, fyrtioSwedish
- arobainiSwahili
- నలభైTelugu
- чилTajik
- สี่สิบThai
- ኣርባዓTigrinya
- kyrkTurkmen
- fāgofuluTonga (Tonga Islands)
- kırkTurkish
- кырыкTatar
- maha 'ahuruTahitian
- сорокUkrainian
- چالیسUrdu
- qirqUzbek
- bốn mươiVietnamese
- foldegVolapük
- פֿערציקYiddish
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