four
Etymology
Pronunciation
Numeral
four
- (international standards) NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the numeral 4.
- Синоним: kartefour (ITU/IMO)
References
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Cardinal: four Ordinal: fourth Multiplier: quadruple, fourfold Distributive: quadruply |
Etymology
From Middle English four, from Old English fēower (fēower), from Lua грешка in Модул:languages at line 385: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., from Lua грешка in Модул:languages at line 385: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., from previous pre-Grimm Lua грешка in Модул:languages at line 385: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., from Lua грешка in Модул:languages at line 385: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., the neuter form of Lua грешка in Модул:languages at line 385: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. Дублети of cuatro and quatre.
Cognates include West Frisian fjouwer, Dutch and Немачки vier, Norwegian Bokmål and Дански fire, Шведски fyra, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 (fidwōr) and, more distantly, Латински quattuor (whence Шпански cuatro, Француски quatre), Антички Грчки τέσσαρες (τέσσαρες), Ирски ceathair, Armenian չորս (čʿors), Lithuanian keturi, Албански katër, Санскрт चतुर् (catur).
Pronunciation
- (UK)
- (US)
- (General American) enPR: fôr, МФА(key): /fɔɹ/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: fōr, МФА(key): /fo(ː)ɹ/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) МФА(key): /foə/
(without horse–hoarse merger)Audio (US) (file)
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- (General Australian, General New Zealand) МФА(key): /foː/
Audio (AU) (file) - Риме: -ɔː(ɹ)
- Homophones: fore, for, foure (accents with the horse–hoarse merger)
Numeral
four (transliteration needed)
- 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.
- Шаблон:RQ:Grey Riders
- Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen.
- Describing a set or group with four elements.
Derived terms
- back four
- Four Ashes
- four-bagger
- four-ball
- four-by-four/4X4
- four-color/four-colour
- Four Crosses
- four-dimensional
- four-eyes
- four-flush
- fourfold
- fourfooted/four-footed
- four-handed
- four horsemen
- four hundred
- four-in-hand
- Four Lane Ends
- four-leaf clover
- four-letter word
- fourling
- Four Oaks
- four-o'clock
- four of a kind
- four-on-the-floor
- fourpence
- fourpenny
- fourplex
- four-post bed
- four-poster
- four-pounder
- fourscore
- Four Shire Stone
- foursome
- foursquare
- four square
- four-star
- four-string banjo
- four-string guitar
- fourth
- four-tracked
- four-tracking
- four-wheel
- four-wheel drive, four-wheel-drive
- four-wheeler
- on all fours
- two-by-four
Related terms
Descendants
Translations
Lua грешка: Error in process_translation; see Lua logs. |
See also
- Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages
- Last: three, 3
- Next: five, 5
Noun
Lua грешка in Модул:en-headword at line 45: The parameter "1" is not used by this template..
- (countable) The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
- (countable) Anything measuring four units, as length.
- Do you have any more fours? I want to make this a little taller.
- A person who is four years old.
- I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground.
- (cricket, countable) An event in which the batsmen run four times between the wickets or, more often, a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary, 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.
- (basketball, countable) A power forward.
- (rowing) Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain.
- The shell itself.
- The team bought a new four last season.
- The crew rowing in a four boat.
- Our four won both races.
- (colloquial) A regatta event for four boats.
- We got third place in the varsity four.
- The shell itself.
- (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.
- 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, IV:
Derived terms
- (numeral): rouf (back slang)
Translations
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See also
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- Arabic numerals: 4
- Chinese numerals: 肆, 四
- Greek numerals: (uppercase) Δ΄, (lowercase) δ΄
- Roman numerals: IV or IIII
Anagrams
Француски
Etymology
From Old French forn, from Латински furnus, from Lua грешка in Модул:languages at line 385: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., from Lua грешка in Модул:languages at line 385: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)., from Lua грешка in Модул:languages at line 385: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
Pronunciation
Noun
four (transliteration needed) m (plural fours)
Derived terms
- au four
- avoir une brioche au four
- enfourner
- être au four et au moulin
- faire un four
- four à micro-ondes
- gant de four
- noir comme dans un four
- petit four
Related terms
Further reading
- “four” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Istriot
Etymology
From Латински foris, foras. Compare Италијански fuori, Friulian fûr, Dalmatian fure, Venetian fora.
Adverb
four (transliteration needed)
Preposition
four (transliteration needed)
Middle English
40 | ||
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Cardinal: four Ordinal: ferthe |
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English feōwer (feōwer).
Pronunciation
Numeral
four (transliteration needed)
Related terms
Descendants
- Енглески: four
- Northumbrian: fower
- Scots: fower
- Lua грешка: bad argument #1 to 'title.new' (number or string expected, got nil).
References
- ↑ Шаблон:R:enm:HbMEG
- ↑ “four” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norman
Alternative forms
- fou (Jersey)
Etymology
From Old French forn, from Латински furnus.
Noun
four (transliteration needed) m (plural fours)
- (Guernsey) oven
Walloon
Noun
four (transliteration needed) m (plural fours)
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