fortieth

fortieth

English

English numbers ^(edit)

		400
←  30	←  39	40	41  →	50  →
		4
Cardinal: forty     Ordinal: fortieth     Adverbial: forty times     Multiplier: fortyfold

Etymology

From earlier fourteth, from Middle English fourtithe, fourtiþe; equivalent to forty +‎ -eth. For the modern form, see the etymological notes at twentieth.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː.ti.əθ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹ.ti.əθ/

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• Hyphenation: for‧ti‧eth

Adjective

fortieth (not comparable)

1. The ordinal form of the number forty.

Alternative forms

• 40th, 40^th

Derived terms

• fortiethly

Translations

ordinal form of forty — See also translations at 40th

Albanian: dyzetë (sq) Azerbaijani: qırxıncı Bengali: চত্বারিংশত্তম (côtẇariṅśôttômô) Bulgarian: четиресетият (četiresetijat) Catalan: quarantè (ca), quadragèsim (ca) Chichewa: chamakumi anai Chinese: Mandarin: 第四十 (dì sìshí) Crimean Tatar: qırqıncı Czech: čtyřicátý (cs) Danish: fyrretyvende Dutch: veertigste (nl) Esperanto: kvardeka Estonian: neljakümnes Faroese: fjørutiundi Finnish: neljäskymmenes French: quarantième (fr) Georgian: მეორმოცე (meormoce) German: vierzigste (de) Greek: τεσσαρακοστός (el) (tessarakostós) Ancient: τεσσαρακοστός (tessarakostós) Haitian Creole: karantyèm Hindi: चालीसवां (cālīsvā̃) Hungarian: negyvenedik (hu) Icelandic: fertugasta Indonesian: keempatpuluh Ingrian: neljäskymmenäs Interlingua: quarantesime Irish: daicheadú, ceathrachadú Italian: quarantesimo (it) Japanese: 第四十 (dai-shijū) Kannada: ನಲವತ್ತನೆಯ (nalavattaneya) Kazakh: қырқыншы (qyrqynşy) Khakas: хырығынӌы (xırığıncı) Korean: 사십 번째의 (sasip beonjjae'ui) Kyrgyz: кыркынчы (ky) (kırkınçı) Latin: quadrāgēsimus (la) Latvian: četrdesmitais Lithuanian: keturiasdešimtas (lt) Luxembourgish: véierzegst Malay: keempat puluh Malayalam: നാല്പതാം (nālpatāṃ), നാല്പതാമത്തെ (nālpatāmatte) Manx: daeedoo Navajo: dízdiin góneʼ Norwegian: førtinde Occitan: quaranten Persian: چهلم‎ (fa) Polish: czterdziesty (pl) Portuguese: quadragésimo (pt) Romani: (Selice): štarvaldešto Romanian: patruzecilea (ro) Russian: сороково́й (ru) (sorokovój) Serbo-Croatian: četrdeseti Shor: қырығынчы Slovak: štyridsiaty (sk) Spanish: cuadragésimo (es) Swedish: fyrtionde (sv) Tagalog: pang-apatnapu Tajik: чиҳилуми (čihilumi) Turkish: kırkıncı (tr) Ukrainian: сороковий (uk) (sorokovyj) Uzbek: qirqinchi (uz) Vietnamese: hạng bốn mươi West Frisian: fjirtichste Yiddish: פֿערציקסט‎ (fertsikst)

Noun

fortieth (plural fortieths)

1. The person or thing in the fortieth position.
2. One of forty equal parts of a whole.

Translations

person or thing

Czech: čtyřicátý (cs) m, čtyřicátá f Finnish: neljäskymmenes French: quarantième (fr) German: vierzigster (de) m, vierzigste (de) f Greek: τεσσαρακοστός (el) (tessarakostós) Hungarian: negyvenedik (hu) Interlingua: quarantesimo m, quarantesima f Italian: quarantesimo (it) m, quarantesima (it) f Portuguese: quadragésimo (pt) m, quadragésima (pt) f Spanish: cuadragésimo (es)

one of forty equal parts

Bulgarian: една четиридесета (edna četirideseta) Catalan: quarantè (ca) m Czech: čtyřicetina f Finnish: neljäskymmenesosa French: quarantième (fr) m Georgian: მეორმოცედი (meormocedi) German: vierzigstel n Greek: τεσσαρακοστό (el) n (tessarakostó) Hungarian: negyvened Interlingua: quarantesimo Italian: quarantesimo (it) m Portuguese: quarenta avos m Russian: (одна) сороковая (часть) ((odna) sorokovaja (častʹ)) Spanish: cuarentavo (es) Yiddish: פֿערציקסטל‎ n (fertsikstl)