fortieth
pronunciation
How to pronounce fortieth in British English:
UK ['fɔ:tɪəθ]
How to pronounce fortieth in American English:
US [ˈfɔrtiɪθ]
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- Noun:
- position 40 in a countable series of things
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- Adjective:
- the ordinal number of forty in counting order
Word Origin
- fortieth (adj.)
- c. 1200, fowertiþe, from Old English feowertigoða, from feowertig (see forty) + -th (1). Compare Old Norse fertugonde, Swedish fyrationde, Danish fyrretyvende.
Example
- 1. Malaria eradication in taiwan : fortieth anniversary special edition .
- 2. My office is on the fortieth floor .
- 3. She spent her fortieth birthday incommunicado , in scotland .
- 4. Ganymede , jupiter 's most massive satellite ( and also the biggest in the local solar system ) , has only a fortieth of the earth 's mass .
- 5. Singapore to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of coca-cola bottle .