Meanings
- The ordinal form of the number forty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 47 of a sequence.
She finished forty-seventh in the race.
1 more example
The answer appears on the forty-seventh page of the book.
Synonyms: 47th
plural forty-sevenths
- One of forty-seven equal parts of a whole.
A forty-seventh of 940 is 20.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThe ordinal form of the number forty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 47 of a sequence.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From forty-seven + -th (ordinal suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans sewe-en-veertigste
- sewe-en-veertigste47th
Catalan quaranta-setè, quaranta-setè
- quaranta-setè47th
- quaranta-setè1/47
Esperanto kvardek-sepa
- kvardek-sepa47th
Finnish neljäskymmenesseitsemäs, neljäskymmenesseitsemäsosa
- neljäskymmenesseitsemäs47th
- neljäskymmenesseitsemäsosa1/47
French quarante-septième, quarante-septième
- quarante-septième47th
- quarante-septième1/47
German siebenundvierzigste, siebenundvierzigste
- siebenundvierzigste47th
- siebenundvierzigste1/47
Hindi सैंतालीसवाँ, सैंतालीसवाँ
- सैंतालीसवाँ (sa͠itālīsvā̃)47th
- सैंतालीसवाँ (sa͠itālīsvā̃)1/47
Hungarian negyvenhetedik, negyvenheted
- negyvenhetedik47th
- negyvenheted1/47
Italian quarantasettesimo, quarantasettesimo
- quarantasettesimo47th
- quarantasettesimo1/47
Polish czterdziesty siódmy
- czterdziesty siódmy47th
Portuguese quadragésimo sétimo, quarenta e sete avos
- quadragésimo sétimo47th
- quarenta e sete avos1/47
Russian со́рок седьмо́й
- со́рок седьмо́й (sórok sedʹmój)47th
Spanish cuadragésimo séptimo, cuadragésimo séptimo
- cuadragésimo séptimo47th
- cuadragésimo séptimo1/47
Turkish kırk yedinci
- kırk yedinci47th
Ukrainian со́рок сьо́мий
- со́рок сьо́мий (sórok sʹómyj)47th
Cite this entry
forty-seventh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forty-seventh
“forty-seventh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forty-seventh. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forty-seventh,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forty-seventh.
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