40s

40s

See also: '40s and 40's

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviated form of 1940s.

Noun

40s (uncountable)

1. The decade of the 1940s.

   Synonyms: 1940s, forties

2. Temperatures from 40 to 49 degrees.

Alternative forms

• '40s
• 40's

Translations

the decade of the 1940s — see forties

See also

decades in English (edit)

21st century	2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s
20th century	1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s
19th century	1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s
18th century	1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s
Decade only	00s · 10s · 20s · 30s · 40s · 50s · 60s · 70s · 80s · 90s
	'00s · '10s · '20s · '30s · '40s · '50s · '60s · '70s · '80s · '90s
	00's · 10's · 20's · 30's · 40's · 50's · 60's · 70's · 80's · 90's
	aughts/noughties/oughts · oneties/tens/teens · twenties · thirties · forties · fifties · sixties · seventies · eighties · nineties
Nicknames	Gay Nineties · Naughty Nineties · Swinging Sixties · Dirty Thirties · Roaring Twenties

Noun

40s

1. plural of 40 (“bottle of beer”)