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Added 9 October 2026

forty

/ˈfɔːti/ noun

In Latin: quadraginta Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about forty at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The cardinal number that is the product of ten and four.

adjective

Being ten more than thirty.

Origin

From Middle English fourty, forty, from Old English fēowertiġ, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr tigiwiz (“forty”). By surface analysis, four + -ty.

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