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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Cardinal number 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Symbol 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Derived terms

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
feet	lay	along	#330: four	wish	gone	times

[ Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: fô, IPA: /fɔː/, SAMPA: /fO:/
• (US) enPR: fôr, IPA: /fɔːr/, IPA: /foʊr/, SAMPA: /fO:r/

  Rhymes: -ɔː(r)

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[ Etymology

Middle English fower < Old English fēower < Proto-Germanic *fiþworiz < Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres. Cognate with German vier, French quatre, Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (tessares), Russian четыре (četýre).

[ Cardinal number

four

1. (cardinal) The number after three and before five; one plus three; two plus two; two times two. The typical number of fingers, other than the thumb, on one hand. This many: ••••. Ordinal: fourth.

   • Last: three, 3
   • Next: five, 5

2. Describing a set or group with four components.

[ Translations

the cardinal number 4

Albanian: katër sq(sq) American Sign Language: Amharic: please add this translation if you can: (numeral: ፬) Arabic: أربعة (’árbaʕa) (numeral: ٤) Aramaic: Syriac: ܐܪܒܥܐ (arbʕā, arbʕo) m., ܐܪܒܥ (arbaʕ) f. Hebrew: ארבעא (arbʕā, arbʕo) m., ארבע (arbaʕ) f. Armenian: չորս (chors) Basque: lau Belarusian: чатыры be(be) (čatyry) Bengali: please add this translation if you can: (numeral: ৪) Bosnian: četiri bs(bs) Breton: pevar m., peder f. Bulgarian: четири bg(bg) (chetiri) Burmese: please add this translation if you can: (numeral: ၄) Catalan: quatre Cherokee: ᏅᎩ (nvgi) Chinese: Standard Chinese (Mandarin): 四 (sì) (numeral: 肆) Cantonese: 四 (sei3) Teochew: si3 Eastern Hokkien (Min Dong) 四 (se) Wu 四 (sz) Cornish: peswar m., peder f. Corsican: quattru Crimean Tatar: dört Czech: čtyři cs(cs) Danish: fire da(da) Dena'ina: dink'i Dutch: vier nl(nl) Erzya: ниле (nile) Esperanto: kvar eo(eo) Estonian: neli et(et) Fijian: va (^) Finnish: neljä fi(fi) French: quatre fr(fr) m. Ga: ejwɛ Garífuna: gádürü Georgian: ოთხი (ot‘χi) German: vier de(de) Gilbertese: aua Greek: τέσσερις el(el) m. and f. (tésseris), τέσσερα el(el) n. (téssera) Greek, Ancient: τέτταρες (téttares) Guaraní: irundy Gujarati: ચાર (ćhār) (numeral: ૪) Hebrew: אַרְבַּע (arbá) f. (used in counting), אַרְבָּעָה (arbaá) m. Hindi: चार (ćār) (numeral: ४) Hungarian: négy hu(hu) Icelandic: fjórir is(is) m., fjórar is(is) f., fjögur is(is) n. Ido: quar Indonesian: empat id(id) Interlingua: quatro Irish: ceathair ga(ga), ceithre ga(ga) Italian: quattro it(it) m. Japanese: 四 (よん, yon; し, shi), 四つ (よっつ, yóttsu) Kalaallisut: sisamat Kannada: please add this translation if you can: (numeral: ೪) Karelian: neä Khmer: បួន (buon) (numeral: ៤) Komi: нёль (njolj) Korean: 네 (ne), 넷 (net), 사 (四: sa) Kurdish: Sorani: چوار ku(ku) (çwar) Lao: please add this translation if you can: (numeral: ໔) Latin: quattuor indecl

Latvian: četri m., četras f. Lithuanian: keturi lt(lt) m., keturios lt(lt) f. Livonian: nēļa Lojban: vo Macedonian: четири (četiri) Malayalam: please add this translation if you can: (numeral: ൪) Maltese: erbgħa Manchu: duin Manx: kiare Maori: wha mi(mi) Marathi: चार (ćār) Mari: нылыт (nylyt) Maricopa: chmpapk Marshallese: emān Mongolian: please add this translation if you can: (numeral: ᠔) Nahuatl: nahui Norwegian: fire no(no) Novial: quar O'odham: giʼik Old English: feower ang(ang) Old Norse: fjórir Oriya: please add this translation if you can: (numeral: ୪) Persian: چَهار (čæhār), (čāhār) (numeral: ۴) Polish: cztery pl(pl) Portuguese: quatro pt(pt) Punjabi: please add this translation if you can: (numeral: ੪) Quechua: tahua Rohingya: sair Romani: shtar Romanian: patru ro(ro) Russian: четыре ru(ru) (četýre) Sanskrit: चतुर् sa(sa) (catúr) Scottish Gaelic: ceithir Serbian: Cyrillic: четири Roman: četiri Sindhi: چار (čār) Sinhala: හතර (hathara) Slovak: štyri sk(sk) Slovene: štiri sl(sl) Spanish: cuatro es(es) Swahili: nne sw(sw) Swedish: fyra (^) Tagalog: apat Tamil: please add this translation if you can: (numeral: ௪) Tatar: дүрт tt(tt), dürt tt(tt) Telugu: నాలుగు (naalugu) (numeral: ౪) Thai: สี่ (sèe) (numeral: ๔) Tibetan: please add this translation if you can: (numeral: ༤) Tok Pisin: fopela Tupinambá: irundyk, oîoîrundyk Turkish: dört tr(tr) Tzutujil: kikhi' Ukrainian: чотири (čotýry), четверо (čétvero) (collective) Veps: neĺĺ Vietnamese: bốn vi(vi) Volapük: fol Votic: Roman: nellä Cyrillic: неллэ Võro: nelli Welsh: pedwar cy(cy) m., pedair cy(cy) f. West Frisian: fjouwer

set or group with four components

Lithuanian: ketveri lt(lt) m., ketverios lt(lt) f.

[ Noun

Singular four

Plural countable and uncountable; fours

four (countable and uncountable; plural fours)

1. (countable) The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
2. (cricket, countable) A score of 4 runs.
3. (rowing) quadrupple sculls

[ Translations

the digit or figure 4

Danish: firtal n. Finnish: nelonen fi(fi) German: Vier de(de) f.

Lithuanian: ketvertas lt(lt) m. Japanese: 四 (よん, yon) Russian: четвёрка ru(ru) (četv'órka) f. Swedish: fyra sv(sv) c.

Cricket

Rowing

German: Doppelvierer de(de) m.

[ Symbol

Symbols of number four in various numeral systems

Arabic numerals: 4 Chinese numerals: 肆, 四 Roman numerals: IV or IIII

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[ French

[ Pronunciation

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[ Noun

four m. (plural fours)

1. oven
2. stove

[ Derived terms

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