How do you pronounce forties?

The recorded pronunciation is /fˈɔɹtiz/.

forties

/fˈɔɹtiz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

Syllables: for-ties
IPA: /fˈɔɹtiz/

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noun

plural of forty

noun

The fifth decade of a century: the 1840s, 1940s, 2040s, etc.

noun

The decade of one's life from age 40 through age 49.

noun

The range between 40 and 49.

adj

From or evoking the 41st through 50th years of a century (chiefly the 1940s).

name

A sea area, in the northern part of the North Sea, where the depth of water is consistently forty fathoms

Example Sentences

"My ma was born in the forties and my pa was born in the seventies."
"They're both in their forties."
"Albrecht Lein reports that the core of the Braunschweig Antifa was made up of KPD and SPD members in their forties and fifties who had avoided the front, though Catholic workers’ organizations and other forces were also involved."
"What to wear when the weather is in the forties really depends on whether you're talking Fahrenheit or Celsius."
"Two forties aircraft sat forgotten in the hangar until they were rediscovered by two trespassing teens."
"Like any big modern city, Scott's Los Angeles of 2019 is saturated with technologies; in fact, it is most striking for its layering of technologies, styles, lifestyles and ethnicities, which range from oriental peasant altars and cookfires through forties hats and building facades to off-world colonies and androids."

Etymology

From forties, due to the dpth of the area.

Inflected Forms

'forties (alternative) 1940s (alternative) '40s (alternative) 40s (alternative)

Phrases

Hungry Forties roaring forties 1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s 1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s 2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s 2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s 2200s · 2210s · 2220s · 2230s · 2240s · 2250s · 2260s · 2270s · 2280s · 2290s

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quadragenarian 1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s 1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s 2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s 2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s 2200s · 2210s · 2220s · 2230s · 2240s · 2250s · 2260s · 2270s · 2280s · 2290s 00s · 10s · 20s · 30s · 40s · 50s · 60s · 70s · 80s · 90s

Synonyms

'40s 40s Long Forties mid-forties 1940s

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sorties

forties

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