four
Etymology
Pronunciation
Numeral
four
- (international standards) NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet code for the numeral 4.
- Sinonim: kartefour (ITU/IMO)
References
- ↑ Lua greška in Modul:quote at line 2964: Parameter "access-date" is not used by this template..
Sistem
40 | ||
← 3 | 4 | 5 → |
---|---|---|
Cardinal: four Ordinal: fourth Multiplier: quadruple, fourfold Distributive: quadruply |
Etymology
From Srednji Engleski four, from Stari Engleski fēower, from Pra-Zapadno Germanski *feuwar, from Pra-Germanski *fedwōr, from previous pre-Grimm *petwṓr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres. Dubleti of cuatro and quatre.
Cognates include West Frisian fjouwer, Holandski and Nemački vier, Norwegian Bokmål and Danski fire, Švedski fyra, Gotski 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 (fidwōr) and, more distantly, Latinski quattuor (whence Španski cuatro, Francuski quatre), Antički Grčki τέσσαρες (téssares), Irski ceathair, Jermenski չորս (čʿors), Lithuanian keturi, Albanski katër, Sanskrt चतुर् (catur).
Pronunciation
- (UK)
- (US)
- (General American) enPR: fôr, MFA(ključ): /fɔɹ/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: fōr, MFA(ključ): /fo(ː)ɹ/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) MFA(ključ): /foə/
(without horse–hoarse merger)Audio (US): (file)
(with horse–hoarse merger)Audio (US): (file)
- (General Australian, New Zealand) MFA(ključ): /foː/
Audio (AU): (file) - Rime: -ɔː(ɹ)
- Homophones: fore, for, foure (accents with the horse–hoarse merger)
Numeral
four
- A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••)
- There are four seasons: winter, spring, summer and autumn.
- Šablon:RQ:Grey Riders
- Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen.
- Describing a set or group with four elements.
Derived terms
- back four
- Four Ashes
- four-bagger
- four-ball
- four-by-four/4X4
- four-color/four-colour
- Four Crosses
- four-dimensional
- four-eyes
- four-flush
- fourfold
- fourfooted/four-footed
- four-handed
- four horsemen
- four hundred
- four-in-hand
- Four Lane Ends
- four-leaf clover
- four-letter word
- fourling
- Four Oaks
- four-o'clock
- four of a kind
- four-on-the-floor
- fourpence
- fourpenny
- fourplex
- four-post bed
- four-poster
- four-pounder
- fourscore
- Four Shire Stone
- foursome
- foursquare
- four square
- four-star
- four-string banjo
- four-string guitar
- fourth
- four-tracked
- four-tracking
- four-wheel
- four-wheel drive, four-wheel-drive
- four-wheeler
- on all fours
- two-by-four
Related terms
Descendants
- Antigua and Barbuda Creole English: fuar, fua
- Aukan: fo
- Belizean Creole: foa, foar
- Bislama: fo
- Cameroon Pidgin: fo̱
- Grenadian Creole English: fo
- Gullah: fo
- Krio: fo
- Australian Kriol: fo
- Nigerian Pidgin: fo̱r
- Pichinglis: fo
- Pijin: foa
- Saramaccan: fɔ́
- Sranan Tongo: fo
- Tok Pisin: foa
- Torres Strait Creole: po
Translations
Lua greška: Error in process_translation; vidi Lua dnevnike. |
See also
- Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages
- Last: three, 3
- Next: five, 5
Noun
four (countable and uncountable, plural fours)
- (countable) The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
- (countable) Anything measuring four units, as length.
- Do you have any more fours? I want to make this a little taller.
- A person who is four years old.
- I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground.
- (cricket, countable) An event in which the batsmen run four times between the wickets or, more often, a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary, resulting in an award of 4 runs for the batting team. If the ball does not bounce before passing over the boundary, a six is awarded instead.
- (basketball, countable) A power forward.
- (rowing) Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain.
- The shell itself.
- The team bought a new four last season.
- The crew rowing in a four boat.
- Our four won both races.
- (colloquial) A regatta event for four boats.
- We got third place in the varsity four.
- The shell itself.
- (obsolete) A four-pennyworth of spirits.
- 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, IV:
- I was a-strollin' down, thinkin' between ourselves how uncommon handy a four of gin hot would be, when suddenly the glint of a light caught my eye in the window of that same house.
- 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, IV:
Derived terms
- (numeral): rouf (back slang)
Translations
|
|
|
- Prevode u nastavku treba proveriti i umetnuti iznad u odgovarajuće tabele prevoda. Vidite instrukcije na Vikirečnik:Unos § Prevodi.
|
See also
Playing cards in Engleski · playing cards (layout · text) | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ace | deuce, two | three | four | five | six | seven |
eight | nine | ten | jack, knave | queen | king | joker |
- Arabic numerals: 4
- Chinese numerals: 肆, 四
- Greek numerals: (uppercase) Δ΄, (lowercase) δ΄
- Roman numerals: IV or IIII
Anagrams
Etymology
From Stari Francuski forn, from Latinski furnus, from Proto-Italic *fornos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰr̥-nós, from *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).
Pronunciation
Noun
four m (plural fours)
Derived terms
- au four
- avoir une brioche au four
- enfourner
- être au four et au moulin
- faire un four
- four à micro-ondes
- gant de four
- noir comme dans un four
- petit four
Related terms
Further reading
- “four” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Istriot
Etymology
From Latinski foris, foras. Compare Italijanski fuori, Friulian fûr, Dalmatian fure, Venetian fora.
Adverb
four
Preposition
four
Middle English
40 | ||
← 3 | 4 | 5 → |
---|---|---|
Cardinal: four Ordinal: ferthe |
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Stari Engleski feōwer.
Pronunciation
Numeral
four
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ↑ Šablon:R:enm:HbMEG
- ↑ “four” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norman
Alternative forms
- fou (Jersey)
Etymology
From Stari Francuski forn, from Latinski furnus.
Noun
four m (plural fours)
- (Guernsey) oven
Walloon
Noun
four m (plural fours)