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Webster 1913 Edition

Forties

For′ties

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Noun.

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Definition 2024

forties

forties

English

Alternative forms

(of the decade) 'forties
1940s
'40s
40s

Noun

forties ‎(uncountable)

The decade of the 1840s, 1940s, etc.
The decade of one's life from age 40 through age 49.
They're both in their forties.

Synonyms

1940s, '40s, 40s

See also

decades in English (edit)

21st century	2000s - 2010s - 2020s - 2030s - 2040s - 2050s - 2060s - 2070s - 2080s - 2090s
20th century	1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s
19th century	1800s - 1810s - 1820s - 1830s - 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s - 1890s
18th century	1700s - 1710s - 1720s - 1730s - 1740s - 1750s - 1760s - 1770s - 1780s - 1790s
17th century	1600s - 1610s - 1620s - 1630s - 1640s - 1650s - 1660s - 1670s - 1680s - 1690s
16th century	1500s - 1510s - 1520s - 1530s - 1540s - 1550s - 1560s - 1570s - 1580s - 1590s
15th century	1400s - 1410s - 1420s - 1430s - 1440s - 1450s - 1540s - 1470s - 1480s - 1490s
14th century	1300s - 1310s - 1320s - 1330s - 1340s - 1350s - 1360s - 1370s - 1380s - 1390s
13th century	1200s - 1210s - 1220s - 1230s - 1240s - 1250s - 1260s - 1270s - 1280s - 1290s
12th century	1100s - 1110s - 1120s - 1130s - 1140s - 1150s - 1140s - 1170s - 1180s - 1190s
Previous	1000s - 1010s - 1020s - 1030s - 1040s - 1050s - 1060s - 1070s - 1080s - 1090s
Decade only	00s - 10s - 20s - 30s - 40s - 50s - 60s - 70s - 80s - 90s
	'00s - '10s - '20s - '30s - '40s - '50s - '60s - '70s - '80s - '90s
	00's - 10's - 20's - 30's - 40's - 50's - 60's - 70's - 80's - 90's
	aughts/noughties/oughts - oneties/tens/teens - twenties - thirties - forties - fifties - sixties - seventies - eighties - nineties
Nicknames	Gay Nineties - Naughty Nineties - Swinging Sixties - Dirty Thirties - Roaring Twenties

quadragenarian

Translations

the decade of the 1940s

Chinese:
Mandarin: 二十世紀四十年代, 二十世纪四十年代 ‎(èrshí shìjì sìshí niándài)
Finnish: neljäkymmentäluku, nelikymmenluku
French: années quarante f pl, années 40 f pl
German: vierziger Jahre n pl, Vierziger pl
Hungarian: negyvenes évek
Italian: quarantenne m, anta (it) f

Japanese: 四十年代 ‎(yonjūnendai), 40年代 ‎(yonjūnendai)
Korean: 40년대 ‎(sasimnyeondae)
Polish: lata czterdzieste pl, lata 40. pl
Swedish: fyrtiotalet n, fyrtiotal (sv) n
Welsh: deugeiniau m pl

Etymology 2

Noun

forties

plural of forty

Anagrams

foister, sefirot