Meanings
- Forty plus two; the cardinal number following forty-one and preceding forty-three.
1 more example
"Forty-two!" yelled Loonquawl. "Is that all you've got to show for seven and a half million years' work?" "I checked it very thoroughly," said the computer, "and that quite definitely is the answer. I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."
1979, Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Synonyms & antonyms
numeralForty plus two; the cardinal number following forty-one and preceding forty-three.
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Translations
Afrikaans twee-en-veertig
- twee-en-veertigCardinal number
Arabic اِثْنَان وَأَرْبَعُون
- اِثْنَان وَأَرْبَعُون (iṯnān wa-ʔarbaʕūn)Cardinal number
Basque berrogeita bi
- berrogeita biCardinal number
Bengali বিয়াল্লিশ
- বিয়াল্লিশ (biẏalliś)Cardinal number
Bulgarian четири́десет и две
- четири́десет и две (četirídeset i dve)Cardinal number
Catalan quaranta-dos
- quaranta-dosCardinal number
Chinese Cantonese 四十二
- 四十二 (sei³ sap⁶ ji⁶)Cardinal number
Chinese Mandarin 四十二
- 四十二 (sìshí'èr)Cardinal number
Danish toogfyrre
- toogfyrreCardinal number
Dutch tweeënveertig
- tweeënveertigCardinal number
Esperanto kvardek du
- kvardek duCardinal number
Finnish neljäkymmentäkaksi
- neljäkymmentäkaksiCardinal number
French quarante-deux
- quarante-deuxCardinal number
German zweiundvierzig
- zweiundvierzigCardinal number
Greek σαράντα δύο
- σαράντα δύο (saránta dýo)Cardinal number
Hebrew ארבעים־ושנים
- ארבעים־ושנים (arbaím və-shnáyim)Cardinal number
Hindi बयालीस
- बयालीस (bayālīs)Cardinal number
Hungarian negyvenkettő
- negyvenkettőCardinal number
Italian quarantadue
- quarantadueCardinal number
Japanese 四十二
- 四十二 (shijūni)Cardinal number
Korean 마흔두, 사십이
- 마흔두 (maheundu)Cardinal number
- 사십이 (sasibi)Cardinal number
Latin quadraginta duo
- quadraginta duoCardinal number
Malay empat puluh dua
- empat puluh duaCardinal number
Polish czterdzieści dwa
- czterdzieści dwaCardinal number
Portuguese quarenta e dois
- quarenta e doisCardinal number
Punjabi ਬਤਾਲ਼ੀ
- ਬਤਾਲ਼ੀ (batāḷī)Cardinal number
Romanian patruzeci și doi
- patruzeci și doiCardinal number
Russian со́рок два
- со́рок два (sórok dva)Cardinal number
Spanish cuarenta y dos
- cuarenta y dosCardinal number
Swahili arobaini na mbili
- arobaini na mbiliCardinal number
Swedish fyrtiotvå
- fyrtiotvåCardinal number
Thai สี่สิบสอง
- สี่สิบสอง (sìi-sìp-sɔ̌ɔng)Cardinal number
Turkish kırk iki
- kırk ikiCardinal number
Ukrainian со́рок два
- со́рок два (sórok dva)Cardinal number
Urdu بیالیس
- بیالیس (bayālīs)Cardinal number
Welsh pedwar deg dau, dau a deugain
- pedwar deg dauCardinal number
- dau a deugainCardinal number
Cite this entry
forty-two. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forty-two
“forty-two.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forty-two. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forty-two,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forty-two.
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