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forty-six

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

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1

num

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

being six more than forty

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 46, xlvi

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: ses-en-veertig — 46
  • Arabic: سِتَّة وَأَرْبَعُون (sitta wa-ʔarbaʕūn) — 46
  • Armenian: քառասունվեց (kʻaṙasunvecʻ) — 46
  • Azerbaijani: qırx altı — 46
  • Basque: berrogeita sei — 46
  • Belarusian: со́рак шэсць (sórak šescʹ) — 46
  • Bengali: ছেচাল্লিশ (checalliś) — 46
  • Catalan: quaranta-sis — 46
  • Cherokee: ᏅᎩᏍᎪ ᏑᏓᎵ (nvgisgo sudali) — 46
  • Chinese Cantonese: 四十六 (sei3 sap6 luk6) — 46
  • Chinese Mandarin: 四十六 (sìshíliù) — 46
  • Danish: seksogfyrre — 46
  • Dutch: zesenveertig — 46
  • Esperanto: kvardek ses — 46
  • Fijian: vasagavulu ka ono — 46
  • Finnish: neljäkymmentäkuusi — 46
  • French: quarante-six — 46
  • Galician: corenta e seis — 46
  • Georgian: ორმოცდაექვსი (ormocdaekvsi) — 46
  • German: sechsundvierzig — 46
  • Greek: σαράντα έξ (saránta éx) — 46
  • Gujarati: છેંતાળીસ (chentāḷīs) — 46
  • Hebrew: ארבעים־וששה (arbaím və-shishá) — 46
  • Hindi: छियालीस (chiyālīs) — 46
  • Hungarian: negyvenhat — 46
  • Icelandic: fjörutíu og sex — 46
  • Italian: quarantasei — 46
  • Japanese: 四十六 (shijūroku) — 46
  • Kazakh: қырық алты (qyryq alty) — 46
  • Korean: 마흔여섯 (maheunyeoseot) — 46
  • Korean: 사십육 (sasibyuk) — 46
  • Lao: ສີ່ສິບຫົກ (sī sip hok) — 46
  • Latin: quadraginti sex — 46
  • Luxembourgish: sechsavéierzeg — 46
  • Malay: empat puluh enam — 46
  • Malayalam: നാല്പത്താറ് (nālpattāṟŭ) — 46
  • Malayalam: നാല്പത്തിയാറ് (nālpattiyāṟŭ) — 46
  • Manchu: ᡩᡝᡥᡳ ᠨᡳᠩᡤᡠᠨ (dehi ninggun) — 46
  • Navajo: dízdiin dóó biʼaan hastáá — 46
  • Pennsylvania German: sex un varzich — 46
  • Polish: czterdzieści sześć — 46
  • Portuguese: quarenta e seis — 46
  • Punjabi: ਛਤਾਲ਼ੀ (chatāḷī) — 46
  • Quechua: tawa chunka suqtayuq — 46
  • Russian: со́рок шесть (sórok šestʹ) — 46
  • Sanskrit: षट्चत्वारिंशत् (ṣaṭcatvāriṃśat) — 46
  • Spanish: cuarenta y seis — 46
  • Swahili: arobaini na sita — 46
  • Swedish: fyrtiosex — 46
  • Thai: สี่สิบหก (sìi-sìp-hòk) — 46
  • Tok Pisin: fopela ten sikis — 46
  • Turkish: kırk altı — 46
  • Ukrainian: со́рок шість (sórok šistʹ) — 46
  • Urdu: چھیالیس (chiyālīs) — 46
  • Volapük: foldegmäl — 46
  • Volapük: folsemäl — 46
  • Yup'ik: yuinaak malruk arvinglegen — 46