Dictionary Definition
fortieth adj : the ordinal number of forty in
counting order [syn: 40th] n : position 40
in a countable series of things
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- The ordinal form of the number forty.
Abbreviations
- 40th, 40th
Translations
- French: quarantième (abbreviation 40ème)
- German: vierzigster , vierzigste , vierzigstes (abbreviation 40.)
- Interlingua: quarantesime (abbreviation 40e)
- Irish: daicheadú (abbreviation 40ú)
- Italian: quarantesimo , quarantesima (abbreviations 40º , 40ª )
- Manx: daeedoo
- Polish: czterdziesty , czterdziesta , czterdzieste (abbreviation 40.)
- Portuguese: quadragésimo , quadragésima (abbreviations 40º , 40ª )
- Romanian: al patruzecilea , a patruzecea
Noun
- The person or thing in the fortieth position.
- One of forty equal parts of a whole.
Translations
- French: quarantième m|f (1), quarantième (2)
- German: Vierzigster (1), Vierzigste (1), Vierzigstel (2)
- Interlingua: quarantesimo , quarantesima (1); quarantesimo (2)
- Italian: quarantesimo , quarantesima (1), quarantesimo (2)
- Portuguese: quadragésimo , quadragésima (1); quadragésimo (2)