four

Senso (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

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/fɔː/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from inglese medio: four

Inherited from inglese antico: fēower

Cognate with scozzese: fower

Cognate with saterfriesisch: fjauer

Cognate with frisone occidentale: fjouwer

Cognate with olandese: vier

Cognate with tedesco: vier

Cognate with norvegese bokmål: -

Cognate with danese: fire

Cognate with svedese: fyra

Cognate with gotico: 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂

Cognate with latino: quattuor

Cognate with spagnolo: cuatro

Cognate with francese: quatre

Cognate with greco antico: τέσσαρες

Cognate with irlandese: ceathair

Cognate with armeno: չորս

Cognate with lituano: keturi

Cognate with albanese: katër

Cognate with sanscrito: 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).

Frasi

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

La coppia aveva quattro figli, tre figli e una figlia.

They finished fourth out of four teams .

Hanno finito il quarto su quattro squadre.

Another four contain framed text .

Un altro quattro contengono testo incorniciato.

Four sailors died instantly and another two were lost overboard .

Quattro marinai morirono all'istante e altri due furono persi in mare.

He was survived by his wife Grania and four children .

Fu sopravvissuto da sua moglie Grania e quattro figli.

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

Quando aveva quattro settimane, la sua famiglia si trasferì a Vienna, in Austria.

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

Osservando questi argomenti, Johnson ha aiutato Masters a identificare le quattro fasi della risposta sessuale.

The province is divided into four cantons .

La provincia è divisa in quattro cantoni.