forties

Alternative forms

 * (of the decade) 'forties

Noun

 * 1) The decade of the 1840s, 1940s, etc.
 * 2) The decade of one's life from age 40 through age 49.
 * 3)  The range between 40 and 49.
 * 1)  The range between 40 and 49.
 * 1)  The range between 40 and 49.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 四十年代, 四零年代
 * Dutch: jaren veertig, jaren 40, jaren 1940
 * Finnish: neljäkymmentäluku, nelikymmenluku
 * French: années quarante, années 40
 * Georgian: ორმოციანები, 40-იანები, ორმოციანი წლები, 40-იანი წლები
 * German: vierziger Jahre,
 * Hungarian: negyvenes évek
 * Italian:, , anni quaranta
 * Japanese: 四十年代, 40年代
 * Korean: 40년대
 * Polish: lata czterdzieste, lata 40.
 * Russian: сороковы́е
 * Spanish: años cuarenta, década de 1940
 * Swedish: ,
 * Welsh: deugeiniau, pedwardegau

Adjective

 * 1) From or evoking the 41st through 50th years of a century (chiefly the 1940s).
 * Two forties aircraft sat forgotten in the hangar until they were rediscovered by two trespassing teens.