quarante

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See also: Quarante and quarantè

French

French numbers (edit)
400[a], [b]
 ←  30  ←  39 40 41  → [a], [b] 50  → 
4
    Cardinal: quarante
    Ordinal: quarantième
    Ordinal abbreviation: 40e, (now nonstandard) 40ème
French Wikipedia article on 40

Etymology

Inherited from Old French quarante, from Late Latin quarranta, from Vulgar Latin *quadrāntā, from Latin quadrāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥(d)ḱomt (“four-ten”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ʁɑ̃t/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃t

Numeral

quarante (invariable)

  1. forty

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Antillean Creole: karant
  • Guianese Creole: karant
  • Haitian Creole: karant, karann
  • Louisiana Creole: karant, karannt
  • Aruamu: karaṅt
  • Seychellois Creole: karant

Further reading

Norman

Norman cardinal numbers
 <  39 40 41  > 
    Cardinal : quarante

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French quarante, from Late Latin quarranta, from Latin quadrāgintā.

Pronunciation

Noun

quarante

  1. (Jersey) forty

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin quarranta, from Latin quadrāgintā.

Pronunciation

Numeral

cardinal number
40 Previous: trente et nuef
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quarante

  1. forty

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