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forty-seven

num · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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num

Meaning 1

The cardinal number immediately following forty-six and preceding forty-eight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

being seven more than forty

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 47, xlvii

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sewe-en-veertig — 47
  • Arabic: سَبْعَة وَأَرْبَعُون (sabʕa wa-ʔarbaʕūn) — 47
  • Armenian: քառասունյոթ (kʻaṙasunyotʻ) — 47
  • Azerbaijani: qırx yeddi — 47
  • Basque: berrogeita zazpi — 47
  • Belarusian: со́рак сем (sórak sjem) — 47
  • Bengali: সাতচল্লিশ (śatocolliś) — 47
  • Catalan: quaranta-set — 47
  • Cherokee: ᏅᎩᏍᎪ ᎦᎵᏉᎩ (nvgisgo galiquogi) — 47
  • Chinese Cantonese: 四十七 — 47
  • Chinese Mandarin: 四十七 (sìshíqī) — 47
  • Danish: syvogfyrre — 47
  • Dutch: zevenenveertig — 47
  • Esperanto: kvardek sep — 47
  • Fijian: vasagavulu ka vitu — 47
  • Finnish: neljäkymmentäseitsemän — 47
  • French: quarante-sept — 47
  • Galician: corenta e sete — 47
  • Georgian: ორმოცდაშვიდი (ormocdašvidi) — 47
  • German: siebenundvierzig — 47
  • Greek: σαράντα επτά (saránta eptá) — 47
  • Gujarati: સુડતાલીસ (suḍtālīs) — 47
  • Hebrew: ארבעים־ושבעה (arbaím və-šivá) — 47
  • Hindi: सैंतालीस (sa͠itālīs) — 47
  • Hungarian: negyvenhét — 47
  • Icelandic: fjörutíu og sjö — 47
  • Italian: quarantasette — 47
  • Japanese: 四十七 (shijūshichi) — 47
  • Kazakh: қырық жеті (qyryq jetı) — 47
  • Korean: 마흔일곱 (maheunilgop) — 47
  • Korean: 사십칠 (sasipchil) — 47
  • Lao: ສີ່ສິບເຈັດ (sī sip chet) — 47
  • Latin: quadraginti septem — 47
  • Luxembourgish: siwenavéierzeg — 47
  • Malay: empat puluh tujuh — 47
  • Malayalam: നാല്പത്തേഴ് (nālpattēḻŭ) — 47
  • Malayalam: നാല്പത്തിയേഴ് (nālpattiyēḻŭ) — 47
  • Maltese: sebgħa u erbgħien — 47
  • Manchu: ᡩᡝᡥᡳ ᠨᠠᡩᠠᠨ (dehi nadan) — 47
  • Navajo: dízdįįtsostsʼid — 47
  • Pennsylvania German: siwwe un varzich — 47
  • Persian: چِهِل و هَفت (čehel-o-haft) — 47
  • Polish: czterdzieści siedem — 47
  • Portuguese: quarenta e sete — 47
  • Punjabi: ਸੰਤਾਲ਼ੀ (santāḷī) — 47
  • Quechua: tawa chunka qanchisniyuq — 47
  • Russian: со́рок семь (sórok semʹ) — 47
  • Sanskrit: सप्तचत्वारिंशत् (saptacatvāriṃśat) — 47
  • Spanish: cuarenta y siete — 47
  • Swahili: arobaini na saba — 47
  • Swedish: fyrtiosju — 47
  • Thai: สี่สิบเจ็ด (sìi-sìp-jèt) — 47
  • Tok Pisin: fopela ten seven — 47
  • Turkish: kırk yedi — 47
  • Ukrainian: со́рок сім (sórok sim) — 47
  • Urdu: سینتالیس (saintālīs) — 47
  • Vietnamese: bốn mươi bảy — 47
  • Volapük: foldegvel — 47
  • Volapük: folsevel — 47
  • Yup'ik: yuinaak malruk malrunglegen — 47
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