forty

== English == === Alternative forms === fourty (obsolete) === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːti/ (Southern England, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): [ˈfoːtɪj] (General American) enPR: fôr'tē, IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹti/, [ˈfɔɹɾi] (St. Louis) IPA(key): [ˈfɑɹɾij] (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɾte/, /-tɪ/, /-ti/ (South Asia) IPA(key): /fɒ(r).ʈi/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ti Hyphenation: for‧ty === Etymology 1 === From Middle English fourty, forty, from Old English fēowertiġ, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz (“forty”). By surface analysis, four +‎ -ty. ==== Numeral ==== forty The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40. Synonym: twoscore (archaic) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Tok Pisin: foti ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== forty (plural forties) (US, slang) A bottle (of beer) containing forty fluid ounces. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From fort + y. ==== Adjective ==== forty (comparative more forty, superlative most forty) Resembling or characteristic of a fort. ===== Translations ===== === Further reading === “forty n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. == Middle English == === Numeral === forty alternative form of fourty == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɔr.tɘ/ Rhymes: -ɔrtɘ Syllabification: for‧ty === Noun === forty nominative/accusative/vocative plural of fort