forty-eight
US/fɔɹtɪ ɛɪːt/
forty-eight numeral: the cardinal number immediately following forty-seven and preceding forty-nine.
Numeral
forty-eight
- The cardinal number immediately following forty-seven and preceding forty-nine.
- Synonyms:
- 48, XLVIII
Noun
forty-eight (plural forty-eights)
- 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 […]1919, Our Navy, the Standard Publication of the U.S. Navy
forty-eight meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
forty-eight in Hindi
- 48
- अड़तालीस aṛtālīs
forty-eight in Marathi
- forty-eight
- अठ्ठेचाळीस aṭhṭhecāḷīs
forty-eight in Urdu
- 48
- اڑتالیس aṛtālīs
forty-eight in Bengali
- 48
- আটচল্লিশ aṭocolliś
More languagesFewer languages
- forty-eight in Telugu
- నలభైయెనిమిది nalabhaiyenimidi
- forty-eight in Malayalam
- നാല്പത്തെട്ട് nālpatteṭṭŭ, നാല്പത്തിയെട്ട് nālpattiyeṭṭŭ
- forty-eight in Punjabi
- ਅਠਤਾਲ਼ੀ aṭhatāḷī
- forty-eight in Gujarati
- અડતાલીસ aḍatālīs
- forty-eight in Odia
- ଅଟଚାଳିଶ aṭacāḷiśa
- forty-eight in Sanskrit
- अष्टाचत्वारिंशत् aṣṭācatvāriṃśat
- forty-eight in Assamese
- আঠচল্লিছ athsollis
- forty-eight in Nepali
- अठचालीस aṭhcālīs
- forty-eight in Arabic
- ثَمَانِيَة وَأَرْبَعُون ṯamāniya wa-ʔarbaʕūn
- forty-eight in Malay
- empat puluh lapan
- forty-eight in Persian
- چِهِل و هَشت čehel-o-hašt
- forty-eight in Thai
- สี่สิบแปด sìi-sìp-bpɛ̀ɛt
Synonyms of forty-eight
- 48
- XLVIII
Forms of forty-eight
| plural | forty-eights |
|---|
Words formed from forty-eight
Questions about forty-eight
- What does forty-eight mean?
- Forty-eight means the cardinal number immediately following forty-seven and preceding forty-nine.
- What is forty-eight in Hindi?
- Forty-eight in Hindi is अड़तालीस (aṛtālīs). See Forty-eight meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is forty-eight?
- Forty-eight can be a numeral or a noun.
- How do you pronounce forty-eight?
- Forty-eight is pronounced /fɔɹtɪ ɛɪːt/ (US).
Words near forty-eight in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: forty-eight (page history and authors); अठ्ठेचाळीस (Marathi) (page history and authors); నలభైయెనిమిది (Telugu) (page history and authors); ଅଟଚାଳିଶ (Odia) (page history and authors); আঠচল্লিছ (Assamese) (page history and authors); अठचालीस (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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