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forty-seventh

/ˌfɔːti ˈsɛvənθ/US/ˌfɔɹti ˈsɛvənθ/

forty-seventh adjective: the ordinal form of the number forty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 47 of a sequence.

Adjective

forty-seventh

  1. The ordinal form of the number forty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 47 of a sequence.
    • The answer appears on the forty-seventh page of the book.
    • She finished forty-seventh in the race.
    Synonyms:
    47th

Noun

forty-seventh (plural forty-sevenths)

  1. One of forty-seven equal parts of a whole.
    • A forty-seventh of 940 is 20.

forty-seventh meaning in Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam

forty-seventh in Hindi

47th
सैंतालीसवाँ sa͠itālīsvā̃
1/47
सैंतालीसवाँ sa͠itālīsvā̃

forty-seventh in Telugu

forty-seventh
నలభైయేడవ nalabhaiyēḍava

forty-seventh in Malayalam

47th
നാല്പത്തേഴാം nālpattēḻāṁ, നാല്പത്തിയേഴാം nālpattiyēḻāṁ

Synonyms of forty-seventh

Forms of forty-seventh

pluralforty-sevenths

Origin of forty-seventh

From forty-seven + -th (ordinal suffix).

Questions about forty-seventh

What does forty-seventh mean?
Forty-seventh means the ordinal form of the number forty-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 47 of a sequence.
What is forty-seventh in Hindi?
Forty-seventh in Hindi is सैंतालीसवाँ (sa͠itālīsvā̃). See Forty-seventh meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is forty-seventh?
Forty-seventh can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce forty-seventh?
Forty-seventh is pronounced /ˌfɔːti ˈsɛvənθ/ (UK).

Words near forty-seventh in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forty-seventh (page history and authors); నలభైయేడవ (Telugu) (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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