fourth

See also: Fourth

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EnglishEdit

English numbers (edit)

	40
←  3	4	5  →
Cardinal: four     Ordinal: fourth     Multiplier: quadruple, fourfold

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

• (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/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)θ
• Homophone: forth

AdjectiveEdit

fourth (not comparable)

1. The ordinal form of the number four.

Usage notesEdit

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

TranslationsEdit

ordinal form of the number four

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

  Egyptian Arabic: رابع‎‎ m (raabi3)

• Armenian: չորրորդ (hy) (čʿorrord)
• Asturian: cuartu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: dördüncü (az)
• Bashkir: дүртенсе (dürtense)
• Basque: laugarren (eu)
• Belarusian: чацвёрты m (čacvjórty)
• Bengali: চতুর্থ (côturthô)
• Breton: pevare (br) m, f, pedervet (br) f, pevarvet (br) m
• Bulgarian: четвъ́рти (bg) m (četvǎ́rti)
• Burmese: စတုတ္ထ (my) (ca.tuthta.)
• Buryat: дүрбэдэхи (dürbedexi)
• Catalan: quart (ca) (abbreviation 4t)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 第四 (zh) (dìsì)

• Classical Nahuatl: ic nāhui
• Crimean Tatar: dörtünci
• Czech: čtvrtý (cs) (abbreviation 4.)
• Danish: fjerde (da) (abbreviation 4.)
• Dolgan: төрдүс
• Dutch: vierde (nl) (abbreviations 4de, 4e)
• Esperanto: kvara (eo)
• Estonian: neljas
• Faroese: fjórði, 4.
• Finnish: neljäs (fi)
• French: quatrième (fr) (before the noun) (abbreviation 4^ème); (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) (abbreviations 4., 4te, IV. (in names of monarchs and popes))
• Greek: τέταρτος (el) (tétartos)

  Ancient Greek: τέταρτος (tétartos)

• Hawaiian: hā
• Hebrew: רביעי‎‎ (rebîy‛îy, rebi‛îy), רביעית‎‎ f (revi'it), רביעיים‎‎ pl (revi'iyim), רביעיות‎‎ pl (revi'iyot)
• Hindi: चौथा (hi) (cauthā)
• Hungarian: negyedik (hu) (abbreviation 4.)
• Icelandic: fjórði
• Ido: quaresma (io)
• Indonesian: keempat (id) (abbreviation ke-4)
• Ingrian: neljääz
• Interlingua: quarte (abbreviation 4^e)
• Irish: ceathrú (abbreviation 4ú)
• Italian: quarto (it) (before the noun) (abbreviations 4º m, 4ª f); (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), quartum n
• Latvian: ceturtais m, ceturtā f
• Lithuanian: ketvirtas (lt)
• Luxembourgish: véiert

• Macedonian: четврт m (četvrt)
• Malay: keempat (ms) (abbreviation ke-4)
• Maltese: ir-raba'
• Manchu: [script needed] (duici)
• Manx: kerroo, kiarroo (abbreviation 4oo)
• Maori: tuawhā, te whā
• Mongolian: дөрөвдүгээр (dörövdügeer), дөрөвдэх (dörövdeh)
• Navajo: dį́į́ʼ góneʼ
• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: fjuard

  Helgoland: fear

  Sylt: fjåårt

• Norwegian: fjärde
• Old Church Slavonic: четврьтъ (četvrĭtŭ)
• Old Frisian: fiuwerda, fiārda
• Persian: چهارم‎‎ (fa) (čahârom)
• Polish: czwarty (pl)
• Portuguese: quarto (pt) (abbreviations 4º, 4ª)
• Romani:

  Kalo Finnish Romani: startto

• Romanian: patrulea (ro) m, patra f
• Russian: четвёртый (ru) m (četvjórtyj), (abbreviation) 4-ый (4-yj)
• Rusyn: четве́ртый (četvértŷj)
• Scottish Gaelic: (abbreviation 4mh) an ceathramh
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: четврти

  Roman: četvrti (sh) m

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

  Lower Sorbian: stwórty m

  Upper Sorbian: štwórty

• Southern Altai: тӧртинчи (törtinçi)
• Spanish: cuarto (es) m, (abbreviation) 4º; cuarta (es) f, (abbreviation) 4ª
• Swahili: ya nne
• Swedish: fjärde (sv) (abbreviation 4:e)
• Tagalog: ikaapat (tl)
• Tajik: чаҳорум (tg) (čahorum)
• Tatar: дүртенче (dürtençe)
• Thai: ที่สี่ (tîi-sìi)
• Turkish: dördüncü (tr) (abbreviations 4'üncü, 4.)
• Turkmen: dördünji
• Ukrainian: четве́ртий (uk) m (četvértyj)
• Urdu: چوتھا‎‎ (cauthā)
• Uyghur: تۆتىنچى‎‎ (tötinchi)
• Uzbek: toʻrtinchi (uz)
• Vietnamese: thứ tư (vi)
• Volapük: folid (vo)
• Votic: nelläz
• Welsh: pedwaredd f (abbreviation 4edd), pedwerydd (cy) m (abbreviation 4ydd)
• West Frisian: fjirde (fy) (abbreviation 4e)
• Westrobothnian: fjöörn
• Yakut: төрдүс (tördüs)
• Yiddish: פֿערט‎‎ (fert)

NounEdit

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).

SynonymsEdit

• (quarter): fourth part, quarter, ¼
• (gear): fourth gear

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

• augmented fourth
• diminished fourth
• perfect fourth

TranslationsEdit

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, f
• Georgian: მეოთხე (meotxe)
• German: Vierter (de) m
• 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
• Swedish: fjärde (sv) c, fyra (sv) c
• Turkish: dördüncü (tr)

quarter — see quarter

fourth gear — see fourth gear

musical interval spanning four degrees of the diatonic scale

• French: quarte (fr) f