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fourth¹
- /fɔːθ/ UK
- /fɔɹθ/ US
- /fo(ː)ɹθ/
- /foəθ/
Sounds like forth · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)θ
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English fourthe, an alteration (due to four) of ferthe, from Old English fēorþa, fēowerþa, from Proto-West Germanic *feurþō, from Proto-Germanic *fedurþô, equivalent to four + -th (ordinal suffix).
Cognates
Compare West Frisian fjirde, Saterland Frisian fjädde, fjoode, Dutch vierde, German Low German feerde, feerd, German vierte, Danish fjerde, Icelandic fjórði.
adjective
- The ordinal form of the number four. The fourth model is called the enlightment model: Actors are seen to be responsible for problems but unable or unwilling to provide solutions. They are believed to need discipline provided by authoritative guidance. The Alcoholic Anonymous^([sic]) groups are considered prototypical for this model.
noun fourths
- The person or thing in the fourth position. We are one F and two M's seeking the company of a fourth (M or F) for our spacious and friendly Somerville apt.
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A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.
Similar: fourth part, quarter, farthing
- The fourth gear of an engine.
- A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F). Now I've heard there was a secret chord / That David played, and it pleased the Lord / But you don't really care for music, do ya? / It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
- One sixtieth of a third or tierce. […] thirds (sixtieths of seconds), fourths (sixtieths of thirds) and so on, but then it becomes very cumbersome.
verb fourths · fourthing · fourthed
- To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been thirded. If he remembered rightly what took place in the House on the first night of the session, the Attorney General would have to file an information, not only against the noble Lord who proposed the address, and the hon. Member for London who seconded it, but also against the hon. Member who thirded, and
Fourth²
- /fɔɹθ/ US
Sounds like forth, fourth · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)θ
proper noun the Fourth · 4th
- The Fourth of July.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: quaternary, one-fourth, quartern, quarter, ordinal, fourth part, twenty-five percent, four, fifth, sixth, fourteenth, twenty-fourth, third, quart, watch, second
Translations
Every language
adj ordinal form of the number four — see also 4th
| Español | cuarto |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 넷째 netjjae |
| 日本語 | 四番 yonban |
| 中文 | 第四 dìsì |
| हिन्दी | चौथा cauthā, चतुर्थ caturth, तुरीय turīya, चहुरा cahurā |
| Kiswahili | ya nne |
| Português | quarto |
| Français | quatrième, quatre |
| Deutsch | vierte |
| Italiano | quarto, quarta |
| Ελληνικά | τέταρτος tétartos |
| Română | patrulea |
| Русский | четвёртый četvjórtyj |
| Tiếng Việt | thứ tư |
| العربية | رَابِع rābiʕ, رَابِعَة rābiʕa |
| עברית | רביעי |
noun person or thing in the fourth position
| Español | cuarto |
|---|---|
| Português | quarto, quarta |
| Français | quatrième |
| Deutsch | Vierter |
| Italiano | quarto, quarta |
| Română | al patrulea, a patra |
| Русский | четвёртый četvértyj |
noun fourth-highest gear of an engine
| Português | quarta (marcha) |
|---|---|
| Italiano | quarta, quarta marcia |
| Română | viteza a patra |
| Русский | четвёртая переда́ча četvjórtaja peredáča |
Talk about this word "fourth." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fourth. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fourth. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fourth "fourth." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fourth.Cite this
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title = {fourth},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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