forty-eight

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forty-eight

  • /fɔɹtɪ ɛɪːt/ US
  • [fɔɹɾi ɛɪʔ] US

number

  1. number The cardinal number immediately following forty-seven and preceding forty-nine.

    Similar: 48, XLVIII

noun forty-eights

  1. US A period of 48 hours' leave, i.e. two days. They had their ten-day leaves and regular forty-eights from behind the nets of Bantry Bay and Scapa Flow […]

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num 48

Españolcuarenta y ocho
한국어마흔여덟 maheunyeodeol, 사십팔 sasip'pal
日本語四十八 shijūhachi
中文四十八 sìshíbā
हिन्दीअड़तालीस aṛtālīs
Kiswahiliarobaini na nane
Portuguêsquarenta e oito
Françaisquarante-huit
Deutschachtundvierzig
Italianoquarantotto
Ελληνικάσαράντα οκτώ saránta októ
Русскийсо́рок во́семь sórok vósemʹ
العربيةثَمَانِيَة وَأَرْبَعُون ṯamāniya wa-ʔarbaʕūn
עבריתארבעים־ושמנה arbaím və-shmoná

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@misc{forty_eight_2026,
  title = {forty-eight},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/forty-eight},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}