a. [ OE. forti, fourti, fowerti, AS. feówertig; feówer four + suff. -tig ten; akin to OS. fiwartig, fiartig, D. veertig, G. vierzig, Icel. fjörutīu, Sw. fyratio, Dan. fyrretyve, Goth. fidwōr tigjus. See Four, and Ten, and cf. Fourteen. ] Four times ten; thirty-nine and one more. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forty

n.; pl. Forties 1. The sum of four tens; forty units or objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forty-niner

n. One the miners who took part in the California gold rush in 1849; an argonaut. [ Colloq., U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Forty-spot

n. (Zool.) The Tasmanian forty-spotted diamond bird (Pardalotus quadragintus). [ 1913 Webster ]

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滔滔不绝

[滔滔不绝 / 滔滔不絕, tāo tāo bù jué] unceasing torrent (成语 saw); talking non-stopping; gabbling forty to the dozen #23877

辛亥

[辛亥, xīn hài] forty eigth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031; cf 辛亥革命, Xinhai revolution of 1911, See Also: 辛亥革命 #45485

庚戌

[庚戌, gēng xū] forty seventh year G11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1970 or 2030 #55291

甲辰

[甲辰, jiǎ chén] forty first year A5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1964 or 2024 #62184

壬子

[壬子, rén zǐ] forty ninth year I1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1972 or 2032 #62797

丙午

[丙午, bǐng wǔ] forty third year C7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1966 or 2026 #63281

丁未

[丁未, dīng wèi] forty fourth year D8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1967 or 2027 #64530

戊申

[戊申, wù shēn] forty fifth year E9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1968 or 2028 #64895

乙巳

[乙巳, yǐ sì] forty second year B6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1965 or 2025 #65976

己酉

[己酉, jǐ yǒu] forty sixth year F10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1969 or 2029 #70938

四十

[四十, sì shí] forty; 40

四十三

[四十三, sì shí sān] 43; forty three

四十二章经

[四十二章经 / 四十二章經, sì shí èr zhāng jīng] The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰 and Gobharana 竺法蘭 (Dharmaraksha), See Also: 迦葉摩騰, 竺法蘭

四十六

[四十六, sì shí liù] forty six; 46

四旬斋

[四旬斋 / 四旬齋, sì xún zhāi] Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)

大斋期

[大斋期 / 大齋期, dà zhāi qī] Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)

耶稣升天节

[耶稣升天节 / 耶穌升天節, Yē sū shēng tiān jié] Ascension day (Christian festival forty days after Easter)

肆拾

[肆拾, sì shí] forty (in banker's anti-fraud numerals)

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留め;止め

[とめ, tome] (n, suf) (1) (a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); (2) remaining (e.g. poste-restante); (3) (留め only) forty-five degree angle #10555

忠臣蔵

[ちゅうしんぐら, chuushingura] (n) (See 浄瑠璃) performance or narrative based on the story of the Forty-seven Ronin (esp. the Kanadehon Chushingura, an epic puppet play first performed in 1748) #12314

フォーティー;フォーティ

[fo-tei-; fo-tei] (n) forty

四十

[よんじゅう(P);しじゅう;よそ, yonjuu (P); shijuu ; yoso] (n) forty; (P)

四十九日

[しじゅうくにち, shijuukunichi] (n) forty-ninth day after a person's death

四十肩

[しじゅうかた, shijuukata] (n) shoulder pain (at about age forty)

四十不惑

[しじゅうふわく, shijuufuwaku] (exp) At forty, one has no doubts. (Confucius)

四十路

[よそじ, yosoji] (n) age forty; one's forties