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forty-seven

/ˈfɔːɹ.ti ˈsɛv.ən/

forty-seven numeral: the cardinal number immediately following forty-six and preceding forty-eight.

Numeral

forty-seven

  1. The cardinal number immediately following forty-six and preceding forty-eight.
    • Shanghai is situated on this river, about twelve miles above Woosung; and the river is navigable for steam-boats forty-seven miles higher up—to the point where it issues from the small lake on the south of the canal.1842 November 26, “GEOGRAPHY OF THE DESPATCHES.”, in The Spectator, number 752, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1139, column 2
    Synonyms:
    47, XLVII

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

forty-seven in Hindi

47
सैंतालीस sa͠itālīs

forty-seven in Marathi

forty-seven
सत्तेचाळीस sattecāḷīs

forty-seven in Urdu

47
سینتالیس saintālīs

forty-seven in Bengali

47
সাতচল্লিশ śatocolliś
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forty-seven in Telugu
నలభైయేడు nalabhaiyēḍu
forty-seven in Malayalam
നാല്പത്തേഴ് nālpattēḻŭ, നാല്പത്തിയേഴ് nālpattiyēḻŭ
forty-seven in Punjabi
ਸੰਤਾਲ਼ੀ santāḷī
forty-seven in Gujarati
સુડતાલીસ suḍtālīs
forty-seven in Odia
ସତଚାଳିଶ satacāḷiśa
forty-seven in Sanskrit
सप्तचत्वारिंशत् saptacatvāriṃśat
forty-seven in Assamese
সাতচল্লিছ xatsollis
forty-seven in Nepali
सैंतालीस sa͠itālīs, सतचालीस satcālīs
forty-seven in Arabic
سَبْعَة وَأَرْبَعُون sabʕa wa-ʔarbaʕūn
forty-seven in Malay
empat puluh tujuh
forty-seven in Persian
چِهِل و هَفت čehel-o-haft
forty-seven in Thai
สี่สิบเจ็ด sìi-sìp-jèt
forty-seven in Vietnamese
bốn mươi bảy

Synonyms of forty-seven

Questions about forty-seven

What does forty-seven mean?
Forty-seven means the cardinal number immediately following forty-six and preceding forty-eight.
What is forty-seven in Hindi?
Forty-seven in Hindi is सैंतालीस (sa͠itālīs). See Forty-seven meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is forty-seven?
Forty-seven is a numeral.
How do you pronounce forty-seven?
Forty-seven is pronounced /ˈfɔːɹ.ti ˈsɛv.ən/.

Words near forty-seven in the dictionary

  1. forty-second
  2. forty-second cousin
  3. forty-second cousins
  4. forty-seconds
  5. forty-secondth
  6. forty-seven
  7. forty-seventh
  8. forty-sevenths
  9. forty-six
  10. forty-sixth
  11. forty-sixths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forty-seven (page history and authors); सत्तेचाळीस (Marathi) (page history and authors); నలభైయేడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); ସତଚାଳିଶ (Odia) (page history and authors); সাতচল্লিছ (Assamese) (page history and authors); सतचालीस (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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