forties

English

Alternative forms

• (of the decade) 'forties
• 1940s
• '40s
• 40s

Noun

forties (uncountable)

1. Plural form of forty
2. The decade of the 1840s, 1940s, etc.
3. The decade of one's life from age 40 through age 49.

   They're both in their forties.

Synonyms

• 1940s, '40s, 40s

See also

• quadragenarian
• thirties
• fifties

Translations

the decade of the 1940s

• Finnish: neljäkymmentäluku, nelikymmenluku
• French: années quarante (fr) f pl, années 40 (fr) f pl
• German: vierziger Jahre (de) n pl, Vierziger (de) pl
• Hungarian: negyvenes évek (hu)

• Japanese: 四十年代 (ja) (yonjūnendai), 40年代 (ja) (yonjūnendai)
• Korean: 40년대 (ko) (sasimnyeondae)
• Polish: lata czterdzieste pl, lata 40. pl
• Welsh: deugeiniau (cy) m pl

Anagrams

• foister, sefirot