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4th

adj · name · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Abbreviation of fourth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Alternative form of 4th.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

Examples

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:4th.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

Alternative form of Fourth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fourth, quaternary

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: 4de — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Armenian: 4-րդ (4-rd) — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Catalan: 4t — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Czech: 4. — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Danish: 4. — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Dutch: 4de — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Dutch: 4e — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Esperanto: 4a — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Esperanto: 4-a — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Faroese: 4. — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Finnish: 4. — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • French: 4e — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • French: 4ème — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • West-Frisian: 4e — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • German: 4. — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • German: 4te — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Greek: 4ος (4os) — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Hungarian: 4. — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Indonesian: ke-4 — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Interlingua: 4e — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Irish: 4ú — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Italian: 4° — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Korean: 4번째 (ne beonjjae) — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Malay: ke-4 — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Manx: 4oo — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Norwegian: 4. — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Polish: 4. — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Portuguese: 4.o — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Portuguese: 4.a — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Romanian: 4-lea — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Romanian: 4-a — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Russian: 4-ый (4-yj) — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Scottish Gaelic: 4mh — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Spanish: 4.o — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Spanish: 4o — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Swedish: 4:e — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Turkish: 4'üncü — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Turkish: 4. — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Welsh: 4edd — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth
  • Welsh: 4ydd — abbreviation of fourth — see also fourth