Standard Lemma guide

forty-two

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

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1

num

Meaning 1

Forty plus two; the cardinal number following forty-one and preceding forty-three.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

being two more than forty

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 42, xlii

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: twee-en-veertig — Cardinal number
  • Arabic: اِثْنَان وَأَرْبَعُون (ʔiṯnān wa-ʔarbaʕūn) — Cardinal number
  • Armenian: քառասուներկու (kʻaṙasunerku) — Cardinal number
  • Azerbaijani: qırx iki — Cardinal number
  • Basque: berrogeita bi — Cardinal number
  • Belarusian: со́рак два (sórak dva) — Cardinal number
  • Bengali: বিয়াল্লিশ (biẏalliś) — Cardinal number
  • Bulgarian: четири́десет и две (četirídeset i dve) — Cardinal number
  • Catalan: quaranta-dos — Cardinal number
  • Chechen: шовзткъе шиъ (šovztqʼe šiʔ) — Cardinal number
  • Cherokee: ᏅᎩᏍᎪ ᏔᎵ (nvgisgo tali) — Cardinal number
  • Chinese Cantonese: 四十二 (sei3 sap6 ji6) — Cardinal number
  • Chinese Mandarin: 四十二 (sìshí'èr) — Cardinal number
  • Danish: toogfyrre — Cardinal number
  • Dutch: tweeënveertig — Cardinal number
  • Esperanto: kvardek du — Cardinal number
  • Fijian: vasagavulu ka rua — Cardinal number
  • Finnish: neljäkymmentäkaksi — Cardinal number
  • French: quarante-deux — Cardinal number
  • Galician: corenta e dous — Cardinal number
  • Georgian: ორმოცდაორი (ormocdaori) — Cardinal number
  • German: zweiundvierzig — Cardinal number
  • Greek: σαράντα δύο (saránta dýo) — Cardinal number
  • Gujarati: બેતાળીસ (betāḷīs) — Cardinal number
  • Haitian Creole: karannde — Cardinal number
  • Hebrew: ארבעים־ושנים (arbaím və-shnáyim) — Cardinal number
  • Hindi: बयालीस (bayālīs) — Cardinal number
  • Hungarian: negyvenkettő — Cardinal number
  • Italian: quarantadue — Cardinal number
  • Japanese: 四十二 (shijūni) — Cardinal number
  • Kazakh: қырық екі (qyryq ekı) — Cardinal number
  • Korean: 마흔두 (maheundu) — Cardinal number
  • Korean: 사십이 (sasibi) — Cardinal number
  • Lao: ສີ່ສິບສອງ (sī sip sǭng) — Cardinal number
  • Latin: quadraginta duo — Cardinal number
  • Luxembourgish: zweeavéierzeg — Cardinal number
  • Malay: empat puluh dua — Cardinal number
  • Malayalam: നാല്പത്തിരണ്ട് (nālpattiraṇṭŭ) — Cardinal number
  • Manchu: ᡩᡝᡥᡳ ᠵᡠᠸᡝ (dehi juwe) — Cardinal number
  • Navajo: dízdįįnaaki — Cardinal number
  • Old English: twā and fēowertig — Cardinal number
  • Pennsylvania German: zwee un varzich — Cardinal number
  • Polish: czterdzieści dwa — Cardinal number
  • Portuguese: quarenta e dois — Cardinal number
  • Punjabi: ਬਤਾਲ਼ੀ (batāḷī) — Cardinal number
  • Quechua: tawa chunka iskayniyuq — Cardinal number
  • Romanian: patruzeci și doi — Cardinal number
  • Russian: со́рок два (sórok dva) — Cardinal number
  • Sanskrit: द्विचत्वारिंशत् (dvicatvāriṃśat) — Cardinal number
  • Spanish: cuarenta y dos — Cardinal number
  • Swahili: arobaini na mbili — Cardinal number
  • Swedish: fyrtiotvå — Cardinal number
  • Thai: สี่สิบสอง (sìi-sìp-sɔ̌ɔng) — Cardinal number
  • Tok Pisin: fopela ten tu — Cardinal number
  • Turkish: kırk iki — Cardinal number
  • Ukrainian: со́рок два (sórok dva) — Cardinal number
  • Urdu: بیالیس (bayālīs) — Cardinal number
  • Volapük: foldegtel — Cardinal number
  • Volapük: folsetel — Cardinal number
  • Yup'ik: yuinaak malruk malruk — Cardinal number
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