fortieth

fortieth [fawr-tee-ith] ExamplesWord Origin adjective

1. next after the thirty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 40.
2. being one of 40 equal parts.

noun

3. a fortieth part, especially of one (1/40).
4. the fortieth member of a series.

Origin of fortieth before 1100; Middle English fourtithe, Old English fēowertigotha. See forty, -eth2 Examples from the Web for fortieth Contemporary Examples of fortieth

Now, with his fortieth birthday approaching, he decided it was time to retire.

Babe Ruth’s Summer of Records

Bill Bryson

September 29, 2013

Dr. and Mrs. Burton just celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary.

The Science of When to Get Married

Hannah Seligson

April 7, 2009

Historical Examples of fortieth

At Fortieth Street he looked down to the middle of the block.

The Spenders

Harry Leon Wilson

Dryden and Scott were not known as authors until each was in his fortieth year.

Self-Help

Samuel Smiles

I told him the Fortieth, and that I had been one of the forlorn hope.

The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence

William Lawrence

His children are pensioned into the third and fourth and fortieth generation.

Memoirs

Charles Godfrey Leland

To be exact he did not go the length of the block between Thirty-ninth and Fortieth.

From Place to Place

Irvin S. Cobb

British Dictionary definitions for fortieth fortieth adjective

1. 1. being the ordinal number of forty in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc. Often written: 40th
   2. (as noun)he was the fortieth

noun

2. 1. one of 40 approximately equal parts of something
   2. (as modifier)a fortieth part
3. the fraction equal to one divided by 40 (1/40)

Word Origin for fortieth Old English fēowertigotha Word Origin and History for fortieth adj.

Old English feowertigoða, from feowertig (see forty) + -th (1). Cf. Old Norse fertugonde, Swedish fyrationde, Danish fyrretyvende.