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four hundred

UK/ˈfɔː ˈhʌn.dɹəd//ˈfoɹ ˈhʌn.dɹəd/

four hundred numeral: the cardinal number occurring after three hundred ninety-nine and before four hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 400.

Numeral

four hundred

  1. The cardinal number occurring after three hundred ninety-nine and before four hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 400.

Proper noun capitalized: Four Hundred

the Four Hundred

  1. (historical, Ancient Greece) A short-lived oligarchy that replaced the democratic government of ancient Athens following the Athenian coup of 411 BCE.
  2. (US, historical) A list of the people in New York fashionable society during the Gilded Age.

four hundred meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

four hundred in Hindi

cardinal number 400
चार सौ cār sau

four hundred in Tamil

cardinal number 400
நானூறு nāṉūṟu

four hundred in Malayalam

cardinal number 400
നാന്നൂറ് nānnūṟŭ

four hundred in Kannada

ನಾನೂರು, ನಾಲ್ಕನೂರು
More languagesFewer languages
four hundred in Sanskrit
चतुःशत catuḥśata
four hundred in Tagalog
apatnaraan
four hundred in Arabic
أَرْبَعُمِئَة ʔarbaʕumiʔa, أَرْبَعُمِا۟ئَة ʔarbaʕumiʔa
four hundred in Malay
empat ratus
four hundred in Thai
สี่ร้อย
Dhivehi
އެއް ހާސް e hās

Forms of four hundred

alternative form400

Origin of four hundred

(US): Attributed to Ward McAllister.

Questions about four hundred

What does four hundred mean?
Four hundred means the cardinal number occurring after three hundred ninety-nine and before four hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 400.
What is four hundred in Hindi?
Four hundred in Hindi is चार सौ (cār sau). See Four hundred meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is four hundred?
Four hundred can be a numeral or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce four hundred?
Four hundred is pronounced /ˈfɔː ˈhʌn.dɹəd/ (UK).

Words near four hundred in the dictionary

  1. four flushing
  2. four foot
  3. Four Freedoms
  4. Four Horsemen
  5. Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
  6. four hundred
  7. Four Knights Game
  8. Four Knights' Game
  9. four L
  10. Four Lane Ends
  11. four Ls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: four hundred (page history and authors); Four Hundred (page history and authors); four hundred (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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