forty
- number between 39 and 41
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːti/ / [ˈfoːtɪj] / /ˈfɔɹti/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English fort English y English forty From fort + y.
- Resembling or characteristic of a fort.
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr Proto-Germanic *fedwōr Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz Old English fēowertiġ Middle English fourti English forty From Middle English fourti, feortiȝ, from Old English fēowertiġ, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz (“forty”). By surface analysis, four + -ty.
- A 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”
num
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr Proto-Germanic *fedwōr Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz Old English fēowertiġ Middle English fourti English forty From Middle English fourti, feortiȝ, from Old English fēowertiġ, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz (“forty”). By surface analysis, four + -ty.
- 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.”