forty-five

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forty-five¹

  • /ˌfɔɹtiˈfaɪv/ US
  • /ˌfɔːtiˈfaɪv/ UK

number

  1. Cardinal number after forty-four and before forty-six.

    Similar: 45, XLV

noun forty-fives

  1. A .45-caliber firearm. The robber brandished a forty-five at the cashier to make her empty the till for him.

Forty-five²

Rhymes with -aɪv

proper noun the Forty-five · '45

  1. historical The Jacobite rising of 1745. Kingshouse, in the Blackmount, and Finlarig Castle, at the west end of Loch Tay, were both garrisoned during the ’45.

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num 45

Españolcuarenta y cinco
한국어마흔다섯 maheundaseot, 사십오 sasibo
日本語四十五 shijūgo
中文四十五 sìshíwǔ
हिन्दीपैंतालीस pa͠itālīs
Kiswahiliarobaini na tano
Portuguêsquarenta e cinco
Françaisquarante-cinq
Deutschfünfundvierzig
Italianoquarantacinque
Ελληνικάσαράντα πέντε saránta pénte
Русскийсо́рок пять sórok pjatʹ
العربيةخَمْسَة وَأَرْبَعُون ḵamsa wa-ʔarbaʕūn
עבריתארבעים־וחמשה arbaím və-khamishá

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@misc{forty_five_2026,
  title = {forty-five},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/forty-five},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}