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Added 9 October 2026

fourth

/fɔːθ/ adjective

In Latin: quartus Wiktionary

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The ordinal form of the number four.

noun

The person or thing in the fourth position.
A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.
The fourth gear of an engine.

verb

To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been thirded.

Origin

Inherited from Middle English fourthe, an alteration (due to four) of ferthe, from Old English fēorþa, fēowerþa, from Proto-West Germanic *feurþō, from Proto-Germanic *fedurþô, equivalent to four + -th (ordinal suffix). Cognates Compare West Frisian fjirde, Saterland Frisian fjädde, fjoode, Dutch vierde, German Low German feerde, feerd, German vierte, Danish fjerde, Icelandic fjórði.

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