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 40th

• Afrikaans: veertigste (af)
• Albanian: dyzetë (sq)
• Armenian: քառասուներորդ (kʻaṙasunerord)
• Azerbaijani: qırxıncı
• Bengali: চত্বারিংশত্তম (bn) (cottariṅśottom)
• 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) (kırkıncı)
• Latin: quadrāgēsimus (la)
• Latvian: četrdesmitais (lv)
• Lithuanian: keturiasdešimtas (lt)
• Luxembourgish: véierzegst
• Malay: keempat puluh
• Malayalam: നാല്പതാം (nālpatāṁ), 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
• Marathi: चाळीसावा m (cāḷīsāvā), चाळीसावी f (cāḷīsāvī), चाळीसावे n (cāḷīsāve)
• 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 (hu)
• Interlingua: quarantesimo
• Italian: quarantesimo (it) m
• Portuguese: quarenta avos m
• Russian: (одна) сороковая (часть) ((odna) sorokovaja (častʹ))
• Spanish: cuarentavo (es)
• Yiddish: פֿערציקסטל n (fertsikstl)