forty-seven

/ˈfɔːɹ.ti ˈsɛv.ən/

numeral

The cardinal number immediately following forty-six and preceding forty-eight.

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Meanings

numeral
  1. The cardinal number immediately following forty-six and preceding forty-eight.

    Shanghai is situated on this river, about twelve miles above Woosung; and the river is navigable for steam-boats forty-seven miles higher up—to the point where it issues from the small lake on the south of the canal.

    1842 November 26, “GEOGRAPHY OF THE DESPATCHES.”, in The Spectator, number 752, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1139, column 2

    Synonyms: 47, XLVII

Synonyms & antonyms

numeralThe cardinal number immediately following forty-six and preceding forty-eight.

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47XLVII

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivebeing seven more than forty

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47xlviicardinal
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47

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans sewe-en-veertig
  • sewe-en-veertig47
Arabic سَبْعَة وَأَرْبَعُون
  • سَبْعَة وَأَرْبَعُون (sabʕa wa-ʔarbaʕūn)47
Basque berrogeita zazpi
  • berrogeita zazpi47
Bengali সাতচল্লিশ
  • সাতচল্লিশ (śatocolliś)47
Catalan quaranta-set
  • quaranta-set47
Chinese Cantonese 四十七
  • 四十七47
Chinese Mandarin 四十七
  • 四十七 (sìshíqī)47
Danish syvogfyrre
  • syvogfyrre47
Dutch zevenenveertig
  • zevenenveertig47
Esperanto kvardek sep
  • kvardek sep47
Finnish neljäkymmentäseitsemän
  • neljäkymmentäseitsemän47
French quarante-sept
  • quarante-sept47
German siebenundvierzig
  • siebenundvierzig47
Greek σαράντα επτά
  • σαράντα επτά (saránta eptá)47
Hebrew ארבעים־ושבעה
  • ארבעים־ושבעה (arbaím və-šivá)47
Hindi सैंतालीस
  • सैंतालीस (sa͠itālīs)47
Hungarian negyvenhét
  • negyvenhét47
Icelandic fjörutíu og sjö
  • fjörutíu og sjö47
Italian quarantasette
  • quarantasette47
Japanese 四十七
  • 四十七 (shijūshichi)47
Korean 마흔일곱, 사십칠
  • 마흔일곱 (maheunilgop)47
  • 사십칠 (sasipchil)47
Latin quadraginti septem
  • quadraginti septem47
Malay empat puluh tujuh
  • empat puluh tujuh47
Persian چِهِل و هَفت
  • چِهِل و هَفت (čehel-o-haft)47
Polish czterdzieści siedem
  • czterdzieści siedem47
Portuguese quarenta e sete
  • quarenta e sete47
Punjabi ਸੰਤਾਲ਼ੀ
  • ਸੰਤਾਲ਼ੀ (santāḷī)47
Russian со́рок семь
  • со́рок семь (sórok semʹ)47
Spanish cuarenta y siete
  • cuarenta y siete47
Swahili arobaini na saba
  • arobaini na saba47
Swedish fyrtiosju
  • fyrtiosju47
Thai สี่สิบเจ็ด
  • สี่สิบเจ็ด (sìi-sìp-jèt)47
Turkish kırk yedi
  • kırk yedi47
Ukrainian со́рок сім
  • со́рок сім (sórok sim)47
Urdu سینتالیس
  • سینتالیس (saintālīs)47
Vietnamese bốn mươi bảy
  • bốn mươi bảy47
Welsh pedwar deg saith, saith a deugain
  • pedwar deg saith47
  • saith a deugain47
Cite this entry
APA

forty-seven. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forty-seven

MLA

“forty-seven.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forty-seven. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forty-seven,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forty-seven.

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