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forty-four

forty-four numeral: the cardinal number immediately following forty-three and preceding forty-five.

Numeral

forty-four

  1. The cardinal number immediately following forty-three and preceding forty-five.
    Synonyms:
    44, XLIV

Noun

forty-four (plural forty-fours)

  1. (slang) A .44 Magnum handgun.

Adjective

forty-four (not comparable)

  1. (Of a gun) firing a 0.44 inch calibre bullet.
    • I went back home and I went to bed;
      With a forty-four revolver under my head.1936 July, The Journal of American Folklore, volume 40, number 193, page 221

forty-four meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

forty-four in Hindi

44
चवालीस cavālīs, चतुश्चत्वारिंशत catuścatvāriñśat

forty-four in Marathi

forty-four
चव्वेचाळीस ċavvecāḷīs

forty-four in Urdu

44
چوالیس cavālīs

forty-four in Bengali

44
চুয়াল্লিশ cuẏalliś
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forty-four in Telugu
నలభైనాలుగు nalabhainālugu
forty-four in Malayalam
നാല്പത്തിനാല് nālpattinālŭ
forty-four in Punjabi
ਚੁਤਾਲ਼ੀ cutāḷī
forty-four in Gujarati
ચુમ્માલીસ cummālīs
forty-four in Odia
ଚଉରାଳିଶ caurāḷiśa
forty-four in Sanskrit
चतुश्चत्वारिंशत् catuścatvāriṃśat
forty-four in Assamese
চৌৰাল্লিছ sourallis
forty-four in Nepali
चवालीस cawālīs
forty-four in Arabic
أَرْبَعَة وَأَرْبَعُون ʔarbaʕa wa-ʔarbaʕūn
forty-four in Malay
empat puluh empat
forty-four in Thai
สี่สิบสี่ sìi-sìp-sìi

Synonyms of forty-four

  • 44
  • XLIV

Forms of forty-four

pluralforty-fours

Questions about forty-four

What does forty-four mean?
Forty-four means the cardinal number immediately following forty-three and preceding forty-five.
What is forty-four in Hindi?
Forty-four in Hindi is चवालीस (cavālīs), चतुश्चत्वारिंशत (catuścatvāriñśat). See Forty-four meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is forty-four?
Forty-four can be a numeral, a noun or an adjective.

Words near forty-four in the dictionary

  1. forty-first
  2. forty-firsts
  3. forty-five
  4. forty-fives
  5. forty-foot equivalent unit
  6. forty-four
  7. forty-fours
  8. forty-fourth
  9. forty-fourths
  10. forty-leben
  11. forty-legs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forty-four (page history and authors); चव्वेचाळीस (Marathi) (page history and authors); నలభైనాలుగు (Telugu) (page history and authors); ଚଉରାଳିଶ (Odia) (page history and authors); চৌৰাল্লিছ (Assamese) (page history and authors); चवालीस (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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