forty

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
• No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
• US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
• No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English feowertig ‘four tens’.

Roots

• feowertig Old English “four tens”

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