Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forty-third

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables: forty-third
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

The ordinal form of the number forty-three, describing a person or thing in position number 43 of a sequence.

noun

One of forty-three equal parts of a whole.

Example Sentences

"The answer appears on the forty-third page of the book."
"She finished forty-third in the race."
"A forty-third of 860 is 20."

Inflected Forms

forty-thirds (plural)

Synonyms

43rd

Questions

What does forty-third mean?: The ordinal form of the number forty-three, describing a person or thing in position number 43 of a sequence.

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