four

Εννοια (English)

Num

1. A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••)
2. Describing a set or group with four elements.

Noun

1. The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
2. Anything measuring four units, as length.
3. Four o'clock.
4. A person who is four years old.
5. 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.
6. A power forward.
7. Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain.
8. Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain.
9. (colloquial) Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain.
10. (obsolete) A four-pennyworth of spirits.

Synonyms

fourth

4th

4

quaternion

quatern

quadruplet

Little Joe

number four

tetrad

four-spot

IV

quaternity

quadri-

quaternary

fore

foursome

four times

iv

quad

quartet

and

several

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/fɔː/

Ετυμολογία (English)

Inherited from Μέσα Αγγλικά: four

Inherited from Παλαιά Αγγλικά: fēower

Cognate with Σκωτικά: fower

Cognate with Saterfriesisch: fjauer

Cognate with Δυτικά Φριζικά: fjouwer

Cognate with Ολλανδικά: vier

Cognate with Γερμανικά: vier

Cognate with Νορβηγικά Μποκμάλ: -

Cognate with Δανικά: fire

Cognate with Σουηδικά: fyra

Cognate with Γοτθικά: 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂

Cognate with Λατινικά: quattuor

Cognate with Ισπανικά: cuatro

Cognate with Γαλλικά: quatre

Cognate with Αρχαία Ελληνικά: τέσσαρες

Cognate with Ιρλανδικά: ceathair

Cognate with Αρμενικά: չորս

Cognate with Λιθουανικά: keturi

Cognate with Αλβανικά: katër

Cognate with Σανσκριτικά: चतुर्

In summary

From Middle English four, from Old English fēower, from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from previous pre-Grimm *petwṓr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres. Doublet of cuatro and quatre.
Cognates include Scots fower, Saterland Frisian fjauer, West Frisian fjouwer, Dutch vier, German Low German veer, German vier, Norwegian Bokmål and Danish fire, Swedish fyra, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂 (fidwōr) and, more distantly, Latin quattuor (whence Spanish cuatro, French quatre), Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), Irish ceathair, Armenian չորս (čʻors), Lithuanian keturi, Albanian katër, Sanskrit चतुर् (catur).

Προτάσεις

The couple had four children , three sons and one daughter .

Το ζευγάρι είχε τέσσερα παιδιά, τρεις γιους και μία κόρη.

They finished fourth out of four teams .

Τελείωσαν τέταρτη από τις τέσσερις ομάδες.

Another four contain framed text .

Άλλοι τέσσερις περιέχουν κείμενο πλαισιωμένου.

Four sailors died instantly and another two were lost overboard .

Τέσσερις ναυτικοί πέθαναν αμέσως και άλλα δύο χάθηκαν στη θάλασσα.

He was survived by his wife Grania and four children .

Επιβιώθηκε από τη σύζυγό του Grania και τέσσερα παιδιά.

When he was four weeks old , his family relocated to Vienna , Austria .

Όταν ήταν τεσσάρων εβδομάδων, η οικογένειά του μεταφέρθηκε στη Βιέννη της Αυστρίας.

By observing these subjects , Johnson helped Masters identify the four stages of sexual response .

Παρατηρώντας αυτά τα θέματα, ο Johnson βοήθησε τους Δασκάλους να εντοπίσουν τα τέσσερα στάδια της σεξουαλικής αντίδρασης.

The province is divided into four cantons .

Η επαρχία χωρίζεται σε τέσσερα καντόνια.