Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forty-niner

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables: forty-nin-er
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of 49er (in various senses)

Example Sentences

"Struck in 1925 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of California's statehood, the obverse of the coin shows a forty-niner panning for gold; the reverse of the coin shows an impressive grizzly bear."

Inflected Forms

forty-niners (plural)

Questions

What does forty-niner mean?: Alternative form of 49er (in various senses)

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