fourth
See also: Fourth
EnglishEdit
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Cardinal: four Ordinal: fourth Multiplier: quadruple, fourfold Distributive: quadruply Fractional: quarter, fourth |
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English fourthe, an alteration (due to four) of ferthe, from Old English fēorþa, fēowerþa, from Proto-West Germanic *feurþō, from Proto-Germanic *fedurþô, equivalent to four + -th.
cognates
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/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)θ
- Homophone: forth
AdjectiveEdit
fourth (not comparable)
- The ordinal form of the number four.
- 2013 June 29, Leo Montada, “Coping with Life Stress”, in Herman Steensma; Riël Vermunt, editors, Social Justice in Human Relations Volume 2: Societal and Psychological Consequences of Justice and Injustice[1], Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 26:
- The fourth model is called the enlightment model: Actors are seen to be responsible for problems but unable or unwilling to provide solutions. They are believed to need discipline provided by authoritative guidance. The Alcoholic Anonymous[sic] groups are considered prototypical for this model.
Usage notesEdit
Abbreviations: 4th, 4th, IVth, IIIIth; (in names of monarchs and popes, and formal names in English) IV, IV.
Derived termsEdit
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
TranslationsEdit
ordinal form of the number four — See also translations at 4th
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NounEdit
fourth (plural fourths)
- (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the fourth position.
- (chiefly American) A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.
- (not used in the plural) The fourth gear of an engine.
- (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
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
TranslationsEdit
person or thing in the fourth position
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quarter — see quarter
fourth-highest gear of an engine
musical interval spanning four degrees of the diatonic scale
Middle EnglishEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fourth
- Alternative form of ferthe