fourth

See also: Fourth

English

English numbers ^(edit)

	40
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Cardinal: four     Ordinal: fourth     Multiplier: quadruple, fourfold     Distributive: quadruply     Fractional: quarter, fourth

Etymology

From Middle English fourthe, an alteration (due to four) of ferthe, from Old English fēorþa, fēowerþa, from Proto-Germanic *fedurþô, equivalent to four +‎ -th. Compare West Frisian fjirde, Saterland Frisian fjädde, fjoode, Dutch vierde, German Low German feerde, feerd, German vierte, Danish fjerde, Icelandic fjórði.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɔːθ/
• (General American) enPR: fôrth, IPA^(key): /fɔɹθ/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /fo(ː)ɹθ/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /foəθ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)θ
• Homophone: forth

Adjective

fourth (not comparable)

1. The ordinal form of the number four.
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Usage notes

Abbreviations: 4th, 4^th; (in names of monarchs and popes, and formal names in English) IV

Derived terms

Terms derived from fourth (adjective)

• fourth-class
• fourth cousin
• fourth-degree
• fourth dimension
• fourth down
• fourth estate
• fourth finger
• fourth freedom rights
• fourth gear
• fourth gender
• fourth grade
• fourthness
• fourth normal form
• fourth official
• Fourth of July
• fourth-party logistics
• fourth person
• fourth rail
• Fourth Reich
• fourth slip
• fourth trimester
• fourth wall
• Fourth World

Translations

ordinal form of the number four — See also translations at 4th

• Afrikaans: vierde (af)
• Albanian: katërt (sq)
• Arabic: رَابِع‎ m (rābiʿ), رَابِعَة‎ f (rābiʿa)

  Egyptian Arabic: رابع‎ m (rābiʕ)

• Armenian: չորրորդ (hy) (čʿorrord)
• Asturian: cuartu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: dördüncü (az)
• Bashkir: дүртенсе (dürtense)
• Basque: laugarren (eu)
• Belarusian: чацвёрты (čacvjórty)
• Bengali: চতুর্থ (côturth)
• Breton: pevare (br) m or f, pedervet (br) f, pevarvet (br) m
• Bulgarian: четвъ́рти (bg) (četvǎ́rti)
• Burmese: စတုတ္ထ (my) (ca.tuthta.)
• Buryat: дүрбэдэхи (dürbedexi)
• Catalan: quart (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 第四 (zh) (dìsì)

• Chuukese: aruanun
• Classical Nahuatl: ic nāhui
• Crimean Tatar: dörtünci
• Czech: čtvrtý (cs)
• Danish: fjerde (da)
• Dolgan: төрдүс
• Dutch: vierde (nl)
• Esperanto: kvara (eo)
• Estonian: neljas
• Evenki: дыгӣ (digī)
• Faroese: fjórði
• Finnish: neljäs (fi)
• French: quatrième (fr) (before the noun); (in names of monarchs, popes, and formal names in English) quatre (fr) (after the name) (abbreviation IV)
• Gagauz: dördüncü
• Georgian: მეოთხე (meotxe)
• German: vierte (de) (abbreviation IV. (in names of monarchs and popes))
• Greek: τέταρτος (el) (tétartos)

  Ancient: τέταρτος (tétartos)

• Hawaiian: hā
• Hebrew: רביעי‎ (rebîy‛îy, rebi‛îy)
• Hindi: चौथा (hi) (cauthā)
• Hungarian: negyedik (hu)
• Icelandic: fjórði
• Ido: quaresma (io)
• Indonesian: keempat (id)
• Ingrian: neljääz
• Interlingua: quarte
• Irish: ceathrú
• Italian: quarto (it) (before the noun); (in names of monarchs and popes) quarto m, quarta f (after the name) (abbreviation IV)
• Japanese: 四番 (よんばん, yonban)
• Kalmyk: дөрвдгч (dörvdgç)
• Kazakh: төртінші (törtinşi)
• Khakas: тӧртінӌі (tӧrtíncí)
• Khmer: ទីបួន (tii buən)
• Korean: 넷째 (ko) (netjjae)
• Kurdish: çarem (ku)
• Kyrgyz: төртүнчү (ky) (törtünçü)
• Lao: ທີ່ສີ່ (thī sī)
• Latin: quartus (la)
• Latvian: ceturtais
• Lithuanian: ketvirtas (lt)
• Luxembourgish: véiert

• Macedonian: четврт (četvrt)
• Malay: keempat (ms)
• Maltese: ir-raba'
• Manchu: [script needed] (duici)
• Manx: kerroo, kiarroo
• Maori: tuawhā, te whā
• Mongolian: дөрөвдүгээр (dörövdügeer), дөрөвдэх (dörövdeh)
• Navajo: dį́į́ʼ góneʼ
• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: fjuard

  Helgoland: fear

  Sylt: fjåårt

• Norwegian: fjerde (no)
• Occitan: quatren (oc)
• Old Church Slavonic: четврьтъ (četvrĭtŭ)
• Old Frisian: fiuwerda, fiārda
• Persian: چهارم‎ (fa) (čahârom)
• Polish: czwarty (pl)
• Portuguese: quarto (pt)
• Romani:

  Kalo Finnish Romani: startto

• Romanian: patrulea (ro)
• Russian: четвёртый (ru) (četvjórtyj)
• Rusyn: четве́ртый (četvértŷj)
• Sanskrit: तुरीय (sa) (turīya)
• Scots: fowert
• Scottish Gaelic: an ceathramh
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: четврти

  Roman: četvrti (sh)

• Shor: тӧртинчи
• Sinhalese: සතරවැනි (sataravæni)
• Slovak: štvrtý (sk)
• Slovene: četrti (sl)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: stwórty

  Upper Sorbian: štwórty

• Southern Altai: тӧртинчи (törtinči)
• Spanish: cuarto (es)
• Swahili: ya nne
• Swedish: fjärde (sv)
• Tagalog: ikaapat (tl)
• Tajik: чаҳорум (tg) (čahorum)
• Tatar: дүртенче (dürtençe)
• Thai: ที่สี่ (tîi-sìi)
• Turkish: dördüncü (tr)
• Turkmen: dördünji
• Ukrainian: четве́ртий (uk) (četvértyj)
• Urdu: چوتھا‎ (cauthā)
• Uyghur: تۆتىنچى‎ (tötinchi)
• Uzbek: toʻrtinchi (uz)
• Vietnamese: thứ tư (vi)
• Volapük: folid (vo)
• Votic: nelläz
• Walloon: cwatrinme (wa)
• Welsh: pedwaredd f, pedwerydd (cy) m
• West Frisian: fjirde (fy)
• Westrobothnian: fjöörn
• Yakut: төрдүс (tördüs)
• Yiddish: פֿערט‎ (fert)

Noun

fourth (plural fourths)

1. (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the fourth position.
2. (chiefly American) A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.
3. (not used in the plural) The fourth gear of an engine.
4. (music) A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).

Synonyms

• (quarter): fourth part, quarter, ¼

Derived terms

Derived terms

• augmented fourth
• diminished fourth
• perfect fourth

Translations

person or thing in the fourth position

• Armenian: չորրորդ (hy) (čʿorrord)
• Basque: laugarren (eu)
• Bulgarian: четвърти (bg) m (četvǎrti)
• Finnish: neljäs (fi)
• French: quatrième (fr) m or f
• Georgian: მეოთხე (meotxe)
• German: Vierter (de) m
• Hungarian: negyedik (hu)
• Interlingua: quarto m, quarta f

• Italian: quarto (it) m, quarta (it) f
• Latvian: ceturtais m, ceturtā f
• Lithuanian: ketvirtas (lt) m, ketvirta f
• Maori: tuawhā
• Portuguese: quarto (pt) m, quarta (pt) f
• Romanian: cel al patrulea m, cea a patra f
• Scots: fowert
• Swedish: fjärde (sv) c, fyra (sv) c
• Turkish: dördüncü (tr)
• Walloon: cwatrinme (wa) m or f

quarter — see quarter

fourth-highest gear of an engine

• Finnish: nelonen (fi), nelosvaihde
• Hungarian: négyes (hu)
• Interlingua: quarte velocitate
• Italian: quarta, quarta marcia

• Macedonian: четврта брзина f (četvrta brzina)
• Portuguese: quarta (marcha) f
• Romanian: viteza a patra f
• Russian: четвёртая переда́ча f (četvjórtaja peredáča)
• Swedish: fyra (sv) c

musical interval spanning four degrees of the diatonic scale

• Czech: kvarta (cs) f
• French: quarte (fr) f
• Hungarian: kvart (hu)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kvart (no) m

  Nynorsk: kvart m

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Middle English

Adjective

fourth

1. Alternative form of ferthe