quarante

See also: Quarante and quarantè

French

French numbers ^(edit)

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

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʁɑ̃t/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃t

Numeral

quarante (invariable)

1. forty

Derived terms

• quarante-A
• quarantaine
• quarantième
• se branler comme de l’an quarante de
• se ficher comme de l’an quarante de
• se foutre comme de l’an quarante de
• se moquer comme de l’an quarante de
• se soucier comme de l’an quarante de

Related terms

• carême
• quatre

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “quarante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Norman cardinal numbers

<  39	40	41  >
Cardinal : quarante

Alternative forms

• tcherànte (Guernsey)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

  (file)

Noun

quarante

1. (Jersey) forty

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin quarranta, from Latin quadrāgintā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k(w)aˈɾantə/

Numeral

cardinal number

40	Previous:	trente et nuef
	Next:	quarante et un

quarante

1. forty

Related terms

• quatre

Descendants

• Middle French: quarante
  • French: quarante (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: tcherànte (Guernsey), quarante (Jersey)
• Walloon: cwarante, karantt