How to Pronounce "forty"
word
/ˈfɔɹti/
FOR-tee
/fˈɔːti/
FAW-tee
Definition
The number 40, which comes after 39 and before 41. It can be used for counting, ages, amounts, years, and many other quantities.
IPA Transcription
American English
/ˈfɔɹti/
British English
/fˈɔːti/
Simplified Pronunciation
US
FOR-tee
UK
FAW-tee
Listen in Context
There are forty students in the room.
My father is forty years old.
The bus will come in forty minutes.
She just turned forty, but she looks much younger.