English

Numeral

four

1. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••)

   There are four seasons: winter, spring, summer and autumn.

   • 1912, Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage, Chapter 8

     Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen.

2. Describing a set or group with four components.

Derived terms

Related terms

• fourth

Descendants

• Antigua and Barbuda Creole English: fuar, fua
• Aukan: fo
• Belizean Creole: foa, foar
• Bislama: fo
• Cameroon Pidgin: fo̱
• Grenadian Creole English: fo
• Gullah: fo
• Krio: fo
• Kriol: fo
• Nigerian Pidgin English: fo̱r
• Pichinglis: fo
• Pijin: foa
• Saramaccan: fɔ́
• Sranan Tongo: fo
• Tok Pisin: foa
• Torres Strait Creole: po

Translations

See also

• Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

See also

• Last: three, 3
• Next: five, 5

Noun

four ‎(countable and uncountable, plural fours)

1. (countable) The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
2. (countable) Anything measuring four units, as length.

   Do you have any more fours? I want to make this a little taller.

3. A person who is four years old.

   I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground.

4. (cricket, countable) An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 4 runs for the batting team. If the ball does not bounce before passing over the boundary, a six is awarded instead.
5. (basketball, countable) A power forward.
6. (rowing) Quadruple sculls.
7. (obsolete) A four-pennyworth of spirits.
   • 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, IV:

     I was a-strollin' down, thinkin' between ourselves how uncommon handy a four of gin hot would be, when suddenly the glint of a light caught my eye in the window of that same house.

Translations

See also

Look at pages starting with four.

Playing cards in English · playing cards (layout · text)
ace	deuce, two	three	four	five	six	seven
eight	nine	ten	jack	queen	king	joker

Statistics

French

Etymology

From Latin furnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuʁ/

Noun

four m ‎(plural fours)

1. oven
2. stove
3. flop

Derived terms

• au four
• enfourner
• four à micro-ondes
• gant de four

Related terms

• fourneau

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin foris, foras. Compare Italian fuori, Friulian fûr, Dalmatian fure, Venetian fora.

Adverb

four

1. out, outside

Preposition

four

1. out, outside

Norman

Alternative forms

• fou (Jersey)

Etymology

From Latin furnus.

Noun

four m ‎(plural fours)

1. (Guernsey) oven