fourth

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• Received-Pronunciation: /fɔːθ/
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• General-American: fôrth
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• General-American: /fɔɹθ/
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• /fo(ː)ɹθ/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /foəθ/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)θ
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• homophone: forth
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• US: /fɔɹθ/
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• homophone: fourth
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• CMU ARPABET: F AO1 R TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Inherited from Middle English fourthe, an alteration (due to four) of ferthe, from Old English fēorþa, fēowerþa, from Proto-West Germanic *feurþō, from Proto-Germanic *fedurþô, equivalent to four + -th (ordinal suffix). Cognates Compare West Frisian fjirde, Saterland Frisian fjädde, fjoode, Dutch vierde, German Low German feerde, feerd, German vierte, Danish fjerde, Icelandic fjórði.

193 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: vierde — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Albanian: katërt — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Southern Altai: тӧртинчи (törtinči) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Arabic: رَابِع (rābiʕ) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Arabic: رَابِعَة (rābiʕa) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Arabic: رابع (rābiʕ) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܝܵܐ (rwīʿaya) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Armenian: չորրորդ (čʻorrord) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Assamese: চতুৰ্থ (soturtho) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Asturian: cuartu — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Azerbaijani: dördüncü — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Bashkir: дүртенсе (dürtense) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Basque: laugarren — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Belarusian: чацвёрты (čacvjórty) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Bengali: চতুর্থ (coturtho) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Breton: pevare — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Breton: pedervet — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Breton: pevarvet — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Bulgarian: четвъ́рти (četvǎ́rti) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Burmese: စတုတ္ထ (ca.tuthta.) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Buryat: дүрбэдэхи (dürbedexi) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Carpathian Rusyn: четве́ртый (četvértŷj) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Catalan: quart — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Cherokee: ᏅᎩᏁᎢ (nvginei) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Chinese Mandarin: 第四 (dìsì) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Chuukese: aruanun — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Crimean Tatar: dörtünci — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Czech: čtvrtý — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Danish: fjerde — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Dolgan: төрдүс — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Dutch: vierde — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Esperanto: kvara — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Estonian: neljas — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Evenki: дыгӣ (digī) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Faroese: fjórði — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Finnish: neljäs — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• French: quatrième — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• French: quatre — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• North Frisian: fjuard — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• North Frisian: fear — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• North Frisian: fjåårt — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Old Frisian: fiuwerda — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Old Frisian: fiārda — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• West-Frisian: fjirde — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Gagauz: dördüncü — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Georgian: მეოთხე (meotxe) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• German: vierte — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Greek: τέταρτος (tétartos) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Ancient Greek: τέταρτος (tétartos) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Hawaiian: hā — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Hebrew: רביעי — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Hindi: चौथा (cauthā) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Hindi: चतुर्थ (caturth) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Hindi: तुरीय (turīya) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Hindi: चहुरा (cahurā) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Hungarian: negyedik — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Icelandic: fjórði — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Ido: quaresma — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Indonesian: keempat — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Ingrian: neljäs — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Interlingua: quarte — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Irish: ceathrú — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Italian: quarto — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Italian: quarto — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Italian: quarta — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Japanese: 四番 (yonban) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Kalmyk: дөрвдгч (dörvdgç) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Kazakh: төртінші (törtınşı) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Khakas: тӧртінӌі (törtìncì) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Khmer: ទីបួន (tii buən) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Korean: 넷째 (netjjae) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Northern Kurdish: çarem — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Kyrgyz: төртүнчү (törtüncü) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Lao: ທີ່ສີ່ (thī sī) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Latin: quartus — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Latvian: ceturtais — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Lithuanian: ketvirtas — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Luxembourgish: véiert — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Macedonian: четврт (četvrt) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Malay: keempat — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Malayalam: നാലാം (nālāṁ) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Maltese: ir-raba’ — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Manx: kerroo — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Manx: kiarroo — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Māori: tuawhā — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Māori: te whā — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Mongolian: дөрөвдүгээр (dörövdügeer) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Mongolian: дөрөвдэх (dörövdex) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Classical Nahuatl: ic nāhui — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Navajo: dį́į́ʼ góneʼ — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Norwegian: fjerde — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Occitan: quatren — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Old Church Slavonic: четврьтъ (četvrĭtŭ) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Pali: catuttha — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Pennsylvania German: viert — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Persian: چهارم (čahârom) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Polish: czwarty — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Portuguese: quarto — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Kalo Finnish Romani: startto — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Romanian: patrulea — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Russian: четвёртый (četvjórtyj) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Northern Sami: njealját — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Samogitian: ketvėrts — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Sanskrit: तुरीय (turīya) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Sanskrit: चतुर्थ (caturtha) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Scots: fourt — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Scottish Gaelic: an ceathramh — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Serbo-Croatian: четврти — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Serbo-Croatian: četvrti — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Shor: тӧртинчи — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Sinhalese: සතරවැනි (satarawæni) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Slovak: štvrtý — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Slovene: četrti — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Lower Sorbian: stwórty — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Upper Sorbian: štwórty — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Spanish: cuarto — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Swahili: ya nne — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Swedish: fjärde — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Tagalog: ikaapat — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Tajik: чаҳорум (čahorum) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Tamil: நான்காம் (nāṉkām) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Tamil: நான்காவது (nāṉkāvatu) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Tamil: நாலாம் (nālām) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Tamil: நாலாவது (nālāvatu) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Tatar: дүртенче (dürtençe) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Thai: ที่สี่ (tîi-sìi) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Tocharian B: śtarte — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Turkish: dördüncü — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Turkmen: dördünji — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Udmurt: ньылетӥ (ńyľeti) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Ukrainian: четве́ртий (četvértyj) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Urdu: چوتھا (cauthā) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Urdu: چہارم (cahāram) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Uyghur: تۆتىنچى (tötinchi) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Uzbek: toʻrtinchi — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Vietnamese: thứ tư — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Volapük: folid — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Votic: nelʹlʹez — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Walloon: cwatrinme — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Welsh: pedwaredd — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Welsh: pedwerydd — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Yakut: төрдүс (tördüs) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Yiddish: פֿערט (fert) — ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
• Armenian: չորրորդ (čʻorrord) — person or thing in the fourth position
• Basque: laugarren — person or thing in the fourth position
• Bulgarian: четвърти (četvǎrti) — person or thing in the fourth position
• Farefare: bʋnaasɩ dãana — person or thing in the fourth position
• Finnish: neljäs — person or thing in the fourth position
• French: quatrième — person or thing in the fourth position
• Georgian: მეოთხე (meotxe) — person or thing in the fourth position
• German: Vierter — person or thing in the fourth position
• Hungarian: negyedik — person or thing in the fourth position
• Interlingua: quarto — person or thing in the fourth position
• Interlingua: quarta — person or thing in the fourth position
• Italian: quarto — person or thing in the fourth position
• Italian: quarta — person or thing in the fourth position
• Latvian: ceturtais — person or thing in the fourth position
• Latvian: ceturtā — person or thing in the fourth position
• Lithuanian: ketvirtas — person or thing in the fourth position
• Lithuanian: ketvirta — person or thing in the fourth position
• Māori: tuawhā — person or thing in the fourth position
• Portuguese: quarto — person or thing in the fourth position
• Portuguese: quarta — person or thing in the fourth position
• Romanian: al patrulea — person or thing in the fourth position
• Romanian: a patra — person or thing in the fourth position
• Russian: четвёртый (četvértyj) — person or thing in the fourth position
• Scots: fowert — person or thing in the fourth position
• Spanish: cuarto — person or thing in the fourth position
• Swedish: fjärde — person or thing in the fourth position
• Swedish: fyra — person or thing in the fourth position
• Turkish: dördüncü — person or thing in the fourth position
• Walloon: cwatrinme — person or thing in the fourth position
• Bulgarian: четвърта предавка (četvǎrta predavka) — fourth-highest gear of an engine
• Finnish: nelonen — fourth-highest gear of an engine
• Finnish: nelosvaihde — fourth-highest gear of an engine
• Hungarian: négyes — fourth-highest gear of an engine
• Interlingua: quarte velocitate — fourth-highest gear of an engine
• Italian: quarta — fourth-highest gear of an engine
• Italian: quarta marcia — fourth-highest gear of an engine
• Macedonian: четврта брзина (četvrta brzina) — fourth-highest gear of an engine
• Portuguese: quarta (marcha) — fourth-highest gear of an engine
• Romanian: viteza a patra — fourth-highest gear of an engine
• Russian: четвёртая переда́ча (četvjórtaja peredáča) — fourth-highest gear of an engine
• Swedish: fyra — fourth-highest gear of an engine
• Afrikaans: kwart — musical interval spanning four degrees of the diatonic scale
• Czech: kvarta — musical interval spanning four degrees of the diatonic scale
• French: quarte — musical interval spanning four degrees of the diatonic scale
• Hungarian: kvart — musical interval spanning four degrees of the diatonic scale
• Japanese: 四度 — musical interval spanning four degrees of the diatonic scale
• Norwegian Bokmål: kvart — musical interval spanning four degrees of the diatonic scale
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvart — musical interval spanning four degrees of the diatonic scale
• Romanian: cvartă — musical interval spanning four degrees of the diatonic scale
• Russian: ква́рта (kvárta) — musical interval spanning four degrees of the diatonic scale