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forty-seventh

adj · noun · 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌfɔːti ˈsɛvənθ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˌfɔɹti ˈsɛvənθ/

1

adj

Meaning 1

The ordinal form of the number forty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 47 of a sequence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The answer appears on the forty-seventh page of the book.
  • She finished forty-seventh in the race.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One of forty-seven equal parts of a whole.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • A forty-seventh of 940 is 20.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

the ordinal number of forty-seven in counting order

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 47th

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From forty-seven + -th (ordinal suffix).

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sewe-en-veertigste — 47th
  • Belarusian: со́рак сёмы (sórak sjómy) — 47th
  • Catalan: quaranta-setè — 47th
  • Crimean Tatar: qırq yedinci — 47th
  • Esperanto: kvardek-sepa — 47th
  • Finnish: neljäskymmenesseitsemäs — 47th
  • French: quarante-septième — 47th
  • Georgian: ორმოცდამეშვიდე (ormocdamešvide) — 47th
  • German: siebenundvierzigste — 47th
  • Hindi: सैंतालीसवाँ (sa͠itālīsvā̃) — 47th
  • Hungarian: negyvenhetedik — 47th
  • Italian: quarantasettesimo — 47th
  • Malayalam: നാല്പത്തേഴാം (nālpattēḻāṁ) — 47th
  • Malayalam: നാല്പത്തിയേഴാം (nālpattiyēḻāṁ) — 47th
  • Manchu: ᡩᡝᡥᡳ ᠨᠠᡩᠠᠴᡳ (dehi nadaci) — 47th
  • Polish: czterdziesty siódmy — 47th
  • Portuguese: quadragésimo sétimo — 47th
  • Russian: со́рок седьмо́й (sórok sedʹmój) — 47th
  • Spanish: cuadragésimo séptimo — 47th
  • Turkish: kırk yedinci — 47th
  • Ukrainian: со́рок сьо́мий (sórok sʹómyj) — 47th
  • Catalan: quaranta-setè — 1/47
  • Finnish: neljäskymmenesseitsemäsosa — 1/47
  • French: quarante-septième — 1/47
  • German: siebenundvierzigste — 1/47
  • Hindi: सैंतालीसवाँ (sa͠itālīsvā̃) — 1/47
  • Hungarian: negyvenheted — 1/47
  • Italian: quarantasettesimo — 1/47
  • Portuguese: quarenta e sete avos — 1/47
  • Spanish: cuadragésimo séptimo — 1/47