Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forty-eleven

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables
forty-eleven
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very many; too many to count; quite a lot.

American usage; Informal

Example Sentences

Etymology

From humorous use of eleven to continue counting the forties.

Usage

Inflected Forms

forty eleven (alternative) forty-leven (alternative) forty-'leven (alternative) forty-leben (alternative)

Phrases

twenty-eleven thirty-eleven fifty-eleven sixty-eleven seventy-eleven eighty-eleven ninety-eleven

Frequently Paired Words

twenty-eleven thirty-eleven fifty-eleven sixty-eleven seventy-eleven eighty-eleven ninety-eleven

Synonyms

countless legion eighty-eleven eleventeen eleventy feelefold fifty-eleven forty-eleven manifold many manyfold morefold

Questions

What does forty-eleven mean?
Very many; too many to count; quite a lot.
Where does forty-eleven come from?
From humorous use of eleven to continue counting the forties.

How to pronounce forty-eleven

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