"forties" meaning in English

See forties in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} forties (not comparable)
  1. From or evoking the 41st through 50th years of a century (chiefly the 1940s). Tags: not-comparable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 1940s, '40s, 40s Synonyms (of the decade): 'forties
Disambiguation of 'of the decade': 3 47 44 0 5

Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} forties
  1. plural of forty Tags: form-of, plural Form of: forty Categories (topical): Forty
    Sense id: en-forties-en-noun-PklNeXw~ Disambiguation of Forty: 3 78 11 6 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 1940s, '40s, 40s Synonyms (of the decade): 'forties
Disambiguation of 'of the decade': 3 47 44 0 5

Noun

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  1. The decade of the 1840s, 1940s, etc. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Decades Synonyms: '40s, 40s Translations (the decade of the 1840s, 1940s etc): 四十年代 (sìshí niándài) (Chinese Mandarin), 四零年代 (sìlíng niándài) (Chinese Mandarin), jaren veertig [neuter, plural] (Dutch), jaren 40 [neuter, plural] (Dutch), jaren 1940 [neuter, plural] (Dutch), neljäkymmentäluku (Finnish), nelikymmenluku (Finnish), années quarante [feminine, plural] (French), années 40 [feminine, plural] (French), ორმოციანები (ormocianebi) (Georgian), 40-იანები (40-ianebi) (Georgian), ორმოციანი წლები (ormociani c̣lebi) (Georgian), 40-იანი წლები (40-iani c̣lebi) (Georgian), vierziger Jahre [neuter, plural] (German), Vierziger [plural] (German), negyvenes évek (Hungarian), quarantenne [masculine] (Italian), anta [feminine] (Italian), anni quaranta [masculine, plural] (Italian), 四十年代 (yonjū-nendai) (Japanese), 40年代 (yonjū-nendai) (Japanese), 40년대 (sasimnyeondae) (Korean), lata czterdzieste [plural] (Polish), lata 40. [plural] (Polish), сороковы́е (sorokovýje) (Russian), años cuarenta (Spanish), década de 1940 (Spanish), fyrtiotalet [neuter] (Swedish), fyrtiotal [neuter] (Swedish), deugeiniau [masculine, plural] (Welsh), pedwardegau [masculine, plural] (Welsh)
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  2. The decade of one's life from age 40 through age 49. Tags: plural, plural-only
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  3. (temperature, rates, plural only) The range between 40 and 49. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-forties-en-noun-IBQTvboT Categories (other): English pluralia tantum, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 34 8 41 5 13 Topics: temperature
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 1940s, '40s, 40s Synonyms (of the decade): 'forties Derived forms: roaring forties
Disambiguation of 'of the decade': 3 47 44 0 5 Related terms: quadragenarian, 1200s · 1210s · 1220s · 1230s · 1240s · 1250s · 1260s · 1270s · 1280s · 1290s, 1300s · 1310s · 1320s · 1330s · 1340s · 1350s · 1360s · 1370s · 1380s · 1390s, 1400s · 1410s · 1420s · 1430s · 1440s · 1450s · 1460s · 1470s · 1480s · 1490s, 1500s · 1510s · 1520s · 1530s · 1540s · 1550s · 1560s · 1570s · 1580s · 1590s, 1600s · 1610s · 1620s · 1630s · 1640s · 1650s · 1660s · 1670s · 1680s · 1690s, 1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s, 1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s, 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s, 2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s, 2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s, 2200s · 2210s · 2220s · 2230s · 2240s · 2250s · 2260s · 2270s · 2280s · 2290s, 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, zeros, zeroes, aughts, noughties, oughts · oneties, tens, teens · twenties · thirties · forties · fifties · sixties · seventies · eighties · nineties, Gay Nineties · Naughty Nineties · Roaring Twenties · Dirty Thirties · Swinging Sixties

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