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forty

//ˈfɔːti//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Numeral

A word that represents a number or quantity.

Note for forty

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Forms

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural: forties

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative: more forty
Superlative: most forty

Definitions

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1.A bottle (of beer) containing forty fluid ounces.(slang)

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1.Resembling or characteristic of a fort.

Numeral
A word that represents a number or quantity.

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

Frequency

Overall

Rare· #4275

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Rare
General reading & writing: Rare
Academic: Rare
Literature: Rare

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr

Proto-Germanic *fedwōr

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.

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Princeton WordNet (WordNet License)
Tatoeba (CC BY)
COCA / wordfrequency.info (derived frequency bands only)

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NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

AdjectiveAdjective×A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

AdjectiveAdjective×A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

NumNumeral×A word that represents a number or quantity.

Overall

By learning goal

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Numeral
A word that represents a number or quantity.