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fourth

Pronunciation: /fɔːθ/

The English word “fourth” has 7 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. The ordinal form of the number four.

noun

  1. The person or thing in the fourth position.
  2. A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.
  3. The fourth gear of an engine.
  4. A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).
  5. One sixtieth of a third or tierce.

verb

  1. To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been thirded.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English fourthe, an alteration (due to four) of ferthe, from Old English fēorþa, fēowerþa, from Proto-West Germanic *feurþō, from Proto-Germanic *fedurþô, equivalent to four + -th (ordinal suffix). Cognates Compare West Frisian fjirde, Saterland Frisian fjädde, fjoode, Dutch vierde, German Low German feerde, feerd, German vierte, Danish fjerde, Icelandic fjórði.

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