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[ 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)
Audio (US)^{help, file}

[ 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

(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
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: čtyř i 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: erbgħ a
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: giʼ ik
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)
Volapü k: 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)

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

[ Translations

the digit or figure 4

Rowing

German: Doppelvierer de(de) m.

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Portuguese: quatro m. (1)
Romanian: patru m.
Ukrainian: четвірка (četvírka) f.
Welsh: pedwar m.

[ Symbol

Symbols of number four in various numeral systems

[ French

[ Pronunciation

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[ Noun

four m. (plural fours)

oven
stove

[ Derived terms

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