Meaning of forty | Babel Free

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1. Resembling or characteristic of a fort.
2. The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40.
3. having forty (of something). a forty-page index. veertig blad مكوَّن من أربعين имащ 40 de quarenta čtyřiceti- vierzig-... fyrre- σαραντα-, τεσσαρακοντα- (ως α΄ συνθ.) de cuarenta neljakümne- چهل تایی neljäkymmentä- de quarante (...) ארבעים चालीस koji se sastoji od četrdeset dijelova negyven- mempunyai empat puluh með fjörutíu di quaranta 40－ 40개의 keturiasdešimties četrdesmit- empat puluh van veertig førti- czterdziesto-, o 40-tu ... څلوېښت de quarenta de patruzeci de (...) сорок- štyridsať- š...
4. (a person or animal) that is forty years old. veertig jaar oud في الأربعين من العُمْر 40 годишен (pessoa) de quarenta anos čtyřicetiletý (člověk, zvíře apod.) der/die Vierzigjährige fyrreårig σαραντάχρονος (για πρόσωπο ή ζώο) cuadragenario neljakümneaastane هر چیز چهل ساله neljäkymmentävuotias âgé de quarante ans בֵּן אַרבָּעִים चालीस वर्ष की उम्र četrdesetogodišnjak; četrdesetogodišnji negyvenéves umur fjörutíu ára gamall quarantenne 40歳の人 40歳の 40살 keturiasdešimtmetis četrdesmit gadus vecs b...
5. a short sleep. He always has forty winks after dinner. dutjie نَوم قَصير، غَفْوَه дрямка soneca šlofík, zdřímnutí vierzigjährig lur υπνάκος sueñecito lühike uinak چرت nokkaunet petit somme תְּנוּמָה קַלָה हल्की निद्रा drijemati ebéd utáni szundítás tidur sebentar dúr, hænublundur sonnellino, pisolino うたた寝 잠깐 졸음 bluosto sudėjimas, snustelėjimas īsa pēcpusdienas snauda tidur sejenak dutjeliten lur, blund krótka drzemka چرت soneca pui de somn короткий сон (днём) zdriemnutie zakinkati dremka lite...
6. The cardinal number equal to 4 × 10.
7. fortiesa. A decade or the numbers from 40 to 49: They stopped smoking in their forties. At night the temperature fell into the forties.
8. (Mathematics) the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four. See also number1
9. (Mathematics) a numeral, 40, XL, etc, representing this number
10. something representing, represented by, or consisting of 40 units
11. amounting to forty: forty thieves.
12. a cardinal number, ten times four.

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Examples

“'Tis forty years this very day, Since you and I, old girl, were married.”

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