Standard Lemma guide

forty-eight

noun · num · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /fɔɹtɪ ɛɪːt/
  • General-American: [fɔɹɾi ɛɪʔ]
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A period of 48 hours' leave, i.e. two days.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

num

Meaning 2

The cardinal number immediately following forty-seven and preceding forty-nine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

being eight more than forty

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 48, xlviii

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: agt-en-veertig — 48
  • Arabic: ثَمَانِيَة وَأَرْبَعُون (ṯamāniya wa-ʔarbaʕūn) — 48
  • Armenian: քառասունութ (kʻaṙasunutʻ) — 48
  • Azerbaijani: qırx səkkiz — 48
  • Basque: berrogeita zortzi — 48
  • Belarusian: со́рак во́сем (sórak vósjem) — 48
  • Bengali: আটচল্লিশ (aṭocolliś) — 48
  • Catalan: quaranta-vuit — 48
  • Catalan: quaranta-huit — 48
  • Cherokee: ᏅᎩᏍᎪ ᏧᏁᎳ (nvgisgo tsunela) — 48
  • Chinese Cantonese: 四十八 (sei3 sap6 baat3) — 48
  • Chinese Mandarin: 四十八 (sìshíbā) — 48
  • Danish: otteogfyrre — 48
  • Dutch: achtenveertig — 48
  • Esperanto: kvardek ok — 48
  • Estonian: nelikümmend kaheksa — 48
  • Fijian: vasagavulu ka walu — 48
  • Finnish: neljäkymmentäkahdeksan — 48
  • French: quarante-huit — 48
  • Galician: corenta e oito — 48
  • Georgian: ორმოცდარვა (ormocdarva) — 48
  • German: achtundvierzig — 48
  • Greek: σαράντα οκτώ (saránta októ) — 48
  • Gujarati: અડતાલીસ (aḍatālīs) — 48
  • Hebrew: ארבעים־ושמנה (arbaím və-shmoná) — 48
  • Hindi: अड़तालीस (aṛtālīs) — 48
  • Hungarian: negyvennyolc — 48
  • Icelandic: fjörutíu og átta — 48
  • Italian: quarantotto — 48
  • Japanese: 四十八 (shijūhachi) — 48
  • Kazakh: қырық сегіз (qyryq segız) — 48
  • Korean: 마흔여덟 (maheunyeodeol) — 48
  • Korean: 사십팔 (sasip'pal) — 48
  • Lao: ສີ່ສິບແປດ (sī sip pǣt) — 48
  • Latin: duodequinquaginta — 48
  • Lithuanian: keturiasdešimt aštuoni — 48
  • Lombard: quarantòtt — 48
  • Luxembourgish: aachtavéierzeg — 48
  • Malay: empat puluh lapan — 48
  • Malayalam: നാല്പത്തെട്ട് (nālpatteṭṭŭ) — 48
  • Malayalam: നാല്പത്തിയെട്ട് (nālpattiyeṭṭŭ) — 48
  • Manchu: ᡩᡝᡥᡳ ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨ (dehi jakūn) — 48
  • Navajo: dízdįįtseebíí — 48
  • Old English: eahta and fēowertiġ — 48
  • Pennsylvania German: acht un varzich — 48
  • Persian: چِهِل و هَشت (čehel-o-hašt) — 48
  • Piedmontese: quaranteut — 48
  • Polish: czterdzieści osiem — 48
  • Portuguese: quarenta e oito — 48
  • Punjabi: ਅਠਤਾਲ਼ੀ (aṭhatāḷī) — 48
  • Quechua: tawa chunka pusaqniyuq — 48
  • Russian: со́рок во́семь (sórok vósemʹ) — 48
  • Sanskrit: अष्टाचत्वारिंशत् (aṣṭācatvāriṃśat) — 48
  • Serbo-Croatian: четрдесет и осам — 48
  • Serbo-Croatian: četrdeset i osam — 48
  • Spanish: cuarenta y ocho — 48
  • Swahili: arobaini na nane — 48
  • Swedish: fyrtioåtta — 48
  • Thai: สี่สิบแปด (sìi-sìp-bpɛ̀ɛt) — 48
  • Tok Pisin: fopela ten et — 48
  • Turkish: kırk sekiz — 48
  • Ukrainian: со́рок ві́сім (sórok vísim) — 48
  • Urdu: اڑتالیس (aṛtālīs) — 48
  • Volapük: foldegjöl — 48
  • Volapük: folsejöl — 48
  • Yup'ik: yuinaak malruk pingayunlegen — 48
Real reading context

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