Inherited fromMiddle Englishfourthe, an alteration (due tofour) offerthe, fromOld Englishfēorþa,fēowerþa, fromProto-West Germanic*feurþō, fromProto-Germanic*fedurþô, equivalent tofour +-th.
fourth (notcomparable)
- Theordinal form of the numberfour.
2013 June 29, Leo Montada, “Coping with Life Stress”, in Herman Steensma, Riël Vermunt, editors,Social Justice in Human Relations Volume 2: Societal and Psychological Consequences of Justice and Injustice[1],Springer Science & Business Media,→ISBN, page26:Thefourth model is called the enlightment model: Actors are seen to be responsible for problems but unable or unwilling to provide solutions. They are believed to need discipline provided by authoritative guidance. The Alcoholic Anonymous[sic] groups are considered prototypical for this model.
Abbreviations:4th, 4th,IVth,IIIIth;(in names of monarchs and popes, and formal names in English)IV,IV.
Terms derived fromfourth (adjective)
ordinal form of the number four
—see also4th- Afrikaans:vierde (af)
- Albanian:katërt (sq)
- Arabic:رَابِع m(rābiʕ),رَابِعَة f(rābiʕa)
- Egyptian Arabic:رابع m(rābiʕ)
- Armenian:չորրորդ (hy)(čʻorrord)
- Assamese:চতুৰ্থ(soturtho)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:ܪܒ݂ܝܼܥܵܝܵܐ m(rwīʿaya)
- Asturian:cuartu (ast)
- Azerbaijani:dördüncü (az)
- Bashkir:дүртенсе(dürtense)
- Basque:laugarren (eu)
- Belarusian:чацвёрты (be)(čacvjórty)
- Bengali:চতুর্থ (bn)(coturtho)
- Breton:pevare (br) m orf,pedervet (br) f,pevarvet (br) m
- Bulgarian:четвъ́рти (bg)(četvǎ́rti)
- Burmese:စတုတ္ထ (my)(ca.tuthta.)
- Buryat:дүрбэдэхи(dürbedexi)
- Carpathian Rusyn:четве́ртый(četvértŷj)
- Catalan:quart (ca)
- Cherokee:ᏅᎩᏁᎢ(nvginei)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:第四 (zh)(dìsì)
- Chuukese:aruanun
- Classical Nahuatl:ic nāhui
- Crimean Tatar:dörtünci
- Czech:čtvrtý (cs)
- Danish:fjerde (da)
- Dolgan:төрдүс
- Dutch:vierde (nl)
- Esperanto:kvara (eo)
- Estonian:neljas (et)
- Evenki:дыгӣ(digī)
- Faroese:fjórði
- Finnish:neljäs (fi)
- French:quatrième (fr)(before the noun);(in names of monarchs, popes, and formal names in English)quatre (fr)(after the name) (abbreviation IV)
- Gagauz:dördüncü
- Georgian:მეოთხე(meotxe)
- German:vierte (de) (abbreviation IV. (in names of monarchs and popes))
- Greek:τέταρτος (el)(tétartos)
- Ancient:τέταρτος(tétartos)
- Hawaiian:hā
- Hebrew:רביעי(rebîy‛îy, rebi‛îy)
- Hindi:चौथा (hi)(cauthā),चतुर्थ (hi)(caturth),तुरीय (hi)(turīya),चहुरा (hi)(cahurā)
- Hungarian:negyedik (hu)
- Icelandic:fjórði
- Ido:quaresma (io)
- Indonesian:keempat (id)
- Ingrian:neljäs
- Interlingua:quarte
- Irish:ceathrú
- Italian:quarto (it)(before the noun);(in names of monarchs and popes) quartom, quartaf(after the name) (abbreviation IV)
- Japanese:四番(よんばん, yonban)
- Kalmyk:дөрвдгч(dörvdgç)
- Kazakh:төртінші (kk)(törtınşı)
- Khakas:тӧртінӌі
- Khmer:ទីបួន(tii buən)
- Korean:넷째 (ko)(netjjae)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish:çarem (ku)
- Kyrgyz:төртүнчү (ky)(törtüncü)
- Lao:ທີ່ສີ່(thī sī)
- Latin:quartus (la)
- Latvian:ceturtais (lv)
- Lithuanian:ketvirtas (lt)
- Luxembourgish:véiert (lb)
- Macedonian:четврт(četvrt)
- Malay:keempat (ms)
- Malayalam:നാലാം (ml)(nālāṁ)
- Maltese:ir-raba’
- Manchu:[script needed](duici)
- Manx:kerroo,kiarroo
- Maori:tuawhā,te whā
- Mongolian:дөрөвдүгээр(dörövdügeer),дөрөвдэх(dörövdex)
- Navajo:dį́į́ʼ góneʼ
- North Frisian:
- Föhr-Amrum:fjuard
- Helgoland:fear
- Sylt:fjåårt
- Northern Sami:njealját
- Norwegian:fjerde (no)
- Occitan:quatren (oc)
- Old Church Slavonic:четврьтъ(četvrĭtŭ)
- Old Frisian:fiuwerda,fiārda
- Pali:catuttha
- Pennsylvania German:viert
- Persian:چهارم (fa)(čahârom)
- Polish:czwarty (pl)
- Portuguese:quarto (pt)
- Romani:
- Kalo Finnish Romani:startto
- Romanian:patrulea (ro)
- Russian:четвёртый (ru)(četvjórtyj)
- Sanskrit:तुरीय (sa)(turīya),चतुर्थ (sa)(caturtha)
- Scots:fourt
- Scottish Gaelic:an ceathramh
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic:четврти
- Roman:četvrti (sh)
- Shor:тӧртинчи
- Sinhalese:සතරවැනි(satarawæni)
- Slovak:štvrtý (sk)
- Slovene:četrti (sl)
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian:stwórty
- Upper Sorbian:štwórty
- Southern Altai:тӧртинчи(törtinči)
- Spanish:cuarto (es)
- Swahili:ya nne
- Swedish:fjärde (sv)
- Tagalog:ikaapat (tl)
- Tajik:чаҳорум (tg)(čahorum)
- Tamil:நான்காம்(nāṉkām)
- Tatar:дүртенче(dürtençe)
- Thai:ที่สี่(tîi-sìi)
- Tocharian B:śtarte
- Turkish:dördüncü (tr)
- Turkmen:dördünji
- Udmurt:ньылетӥ(ńyľeti)
- Ukrainian:четве́ртий (uk)(četvértyj)
- Urdu:چوتھا(cauthā),چہارم(cahāram)
- Uyghur:تۆتىنچى(tötinchi)
- Uzbek:toʻrtinchi (uz)
- Vietnamese:thứ tư (vi)
- Volapük:folid (vo)
- Votic:nelʹlʹez
- Walloon:cwatrinme (wa)
- Welsh:pedwaredd f,pedwerydd (cy) m
- West Frisian:fjirde (fy)
- Yakut:төрдүс(tördüs)
- Yiddish:פֿערט(fert)
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fourth (pluralfourths)
- (in thesingular) The person or thing in the fourth position.
1978 April 8, “Classified advertisement”, inGay Community News, page14:We are one F and two M's seeking the company of afourth (M or F) for our spacious and friendly Somerville apt.
- (chiefly US) Aquarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.
- Synonyms:fourth part,quarter,farthing
- (in thesingular) The fourthgear of an engine.
- (music) A musicalinterval which spans four degrees of thediatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).
1984,Leonard Cohen, “Hallelujah”, inVarious Positions:Now I've heard there was a secret chord / That David played, and it pleased the Lord / But you don't really care for music, do ya? / It goes like this, thefourth, the fifth
person or thing in the fourth position
fourth-highest gear of an engine
musical interval spanning four degrees of the diatonic scale
fourth (third-person singular simple presentfourths,present participlefourthing,simple past and past participlefourthed)
- (informal) Toagree with aproposition orstatement after it has already beenthirded.
1830 March 2,Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates, volume XXII, London, page1189:If he remembered rightly what took place in the House on the first night of the session, the Attorney General would have to file an information, not only against the noble Lord who proposed the address, and the hon. Member for London who seconded it, but also against the hon. Member who thirded, and the noble Lord whofourthed it, and indeed against every Member in the House.
1854 January, “Tregonhorke’s First Trip in a Man-of-War”, inHunt’s Yachting Magazine, volume the third, London: Hunt and Son, […]; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., […], page14:A lisping young “Soundings,” or master’s assistant, sung out “Ithecond themothon,” instantly transferringhis beer to our hero’s face. In short the resolution wasthirded,fourthed,fifthed, andsixthed, all following suit with the swipes:[…]
1892 December 31,Talbot Baines Reed, “Tom, Dick, and Harry. A School Story.”, inThe Boy’s Own Paper, volume XV, number729, page212, column 2:It was then moved, seconded, thirded,fourthed, and fifthed, “that Jarman be, and is hereby hung, and ought to be kicked.”
fourth
- Alternative form offerthe
