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English

Etymology

Old English feower, from Germanic *fiþworiz, from PIE *kwetwores. Cognate to German vier, French quatre, Greek τεσσαρες, Russian четыре.

Pronunciation

Cardinal number

four

  • Arabic numerals : 4
  • Chinese numerals : 肆, 四
  • Roman numerals : IV or IIII
  1. The cardinal 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. Ordinal: fourth.

Translations

Noun

four

  1. The digit or figure 4
  2. A score of 4 runs

Translations

  • Finnish: nelonen
  • German: Vier f
  • Hebrew: ארבע (Ar'ba) f

French

Noun

four m

  1. oven

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