See also: Quarante and quarantè

French edit

French numbers (edit)
400[a], [b]
 ←  30  ←  39 40 41  → [a], [b] 50  → 
4
    Cardinal: quarante
    Ordinal: quarantième
    Ordinal abbreviation: 40e, (now nonstandard) 40ème

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old French quarante, from Late Latin quarranta, from Vulgar Latin *quadrāntā, from Latin quadrāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥(d)ḱomt (four-ten).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ka.ʁɑ̃t/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃t

Numeral edit

quarante (invariable)

  1. forty

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Antillean Creole: karant
  • Guianese Creole: karant
  • Haitian Creole: karant, karann
  • Louisiana Creole: karant, karannt
  • Aruamu: karaṅt
  • Seychellois Creole: karant

Further reading edit

Norman edit

Norman cardinal numbers
 <  39 40 41  > 
    Cardinal : quarante

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old French quarante, from Late Latin quarranta, from Latin quadrāgintā.

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Noun edit

quarante

  1. (Jersey) forty

Old French edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin quarranta, from Latin quadrāgintā.

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

cardinal number
40 Previous: trente et nuef
Next: quarante et un

quarante

  1. forty

Related terms edit

Descendants edit