Meanings
adjectivefortieth (not comparable)
alternative 40th
- not comparableThe ordinal form of the number forty.
nounfortieth (plural fortieths)
plural fortieths
- The person or thing in the fortieth position.
- One of forty equal parts of a whole.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishfourtithe
- Englishfortieth
From earlier fourteth, from Middle English fourtithe, fourtiþe; equivalent to forty + -eth. For the modern form, see the etymological notes at twentieth.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans veertigste
- veertigsteordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Ancient Greek τεσσαρακοστός
- τεσσαρακοστός (tessarakostós)ordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Bengali চত্বারিংশত্তম
- চত্বারিংশত্তম (cottariṅśottom)ordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Bulgarian четиресетият, една четиридесета
- четиресетият (četiresetijat)ordinal form of forty — see also 40th
- една четиридесета (edna četirideseta)one of forty equal parts
Catalan quarantè, quadragèsim
- quarantèordinal form of forty — see also 40th
- quadragèsimordinal form of forty — see also 40th
- quarantèone of forty equal parts
Chinese Mandarin 第四十
- 第四十 (dì sìshí)ordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Czech čtyřicátý, čtyřicátý
- čtyřicátýordinal form of forty — see also 40th
- čtyřicátýperson or thing
- čtyřicátáperson or thing
- čtyřicetinaone of forty equal parts
Danish fyrretyvende
- fyrretyvendeordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Dutch veertigste
- veertigsteordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Esperanto kvardeka
- kvardekaordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Estonian neljakümnes
- neljakümnesordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Finnish neljäskymmenes, neljäskymmenes
- neljäskymmenesordinal form of forty — see also 40th
- neljäskymmenesperson or thing
- neljäskymmenesosaone of forty equal parts
French quarantième, quarantième
- quarantièmeordinal form of forty — see also 40th
- quarantièmeperson or thing
- quarantièmeone of forty equal parts
German vierzigste, vierzigster
- vierzigsteordinal form of forty — see also 40th
- vierzigsterperson or thing
- vierzigsteperson or thing
- vierzigstelone of forty equal parts
Greek τεσσαρακοστός, τεσσαρακοστός
- τεσσαρακοστός (tessarakostós)ordinal form of forty — see also 40th
- τεσσαρακοστός (tessarakostós)person or thing
- τεσσαρακοστό (tessarakostó)one of forty equal parts
Hindi चालीसवाँ, चालीसवाँ
- चालीसवाँ (cālīsvā̃)ordinal form of forty — see also 40th
- चालीसवाँ (cālīsvā̃)person or thing
Hungarian negyvenedik, negyvenedik
- negyvenedikordinal form of forty — see also 40th
- negyvenedikperson or thing
- negyvenedone of forty equal parts
Icelandic fertugasta
- fertugastaordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Indonesian keempatpuluh
- keempatpuluhordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Irish daicheadú, ceathrachadú
- daicheadúordinal form of forty — see also 40th
- ceathrachadúordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Italian quarantesimo, quarantesimo
- quarantesimoordinal form of forty — see also 40th
- quarantesimoperson or thing
- quarantesimaperson or thing
- quarantesimoone of forty equal parts
Japanese 第四十
- 第四十 (dai-shijū)ordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Korean 사십 번째의
- 사십 번째의 (sasip beonjjae'ui)ordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Latin quadrāgēsimus
- quadrāgēsimusordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Latvian četrdesmitais
- četrdesmitaisordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Lithuanian keturiasdešimtas
- keturiasdešimtasordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Malay keempat puluh
- keempat puluhordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Norwegian førtinde
- førtindeordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Persian چهلم
- چهلمordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Polish czterdziesty
- czterdziestyordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Portuguese quadragésimo, quadragésimo
- quadragésimoordinal form of forty — see also 40th
- quadragésimoperson or thing
- quadragésimaperson or thing
- quarenta avosone of forty equal parts
Romanian patruzecilea
- patruzecileaordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Russian сороково́й, сороковая
- сороково́й (sorokovój)ordinal form of forty — see also 40th
- сороковаяone of forty equal parts
Slovak štyridsiaty
- štyridsiatyordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Spanish cuadragésimo, cuadragésimo
- cuadragésimoordinal form of forty — see also 40th
- cuadragésimoperson or thing
- cuarentavoone of forty equal parts
Swedish fyrtionde
- fyrtiondeordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Tagalog pang-apatnapu
- pang-apatnapuordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Turkish kırkıncı
- kırkıncıordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Ukrainian сороковий
- сороковий (sorokovyj)ordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Vietnamese hạng bốn mươi
- hạng bốn mươiordinal form of forty — see also 40th
Yiddish פֿערציקסט, פֿערציקסטל
- פֿערציקסט (fertsikst)ordinal form of forty — see also 40th
- פֿערציקסטל (fertsikstl)one of forty equal parts
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