four

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈfoa]

Noun

four

1. (international standards) NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet clear code for the digit 4.
   • Synonym: kartefour (ITU/IMO)

Pronunciation

• (UK)
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fô, IPA: /fɔː/
  • (Scotland) IPA: /fo(ː)ɹ/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /foː/
• (non-rhotic, dough-door merger, AAVE) IPA: /foʊ/
• Homophones: fore, foure
• Homophone: for (accents with the horse–hoarse merger)
• Homophone: faugh (in non-rhotic dialects with the horse-hoarse merger)
• Homophones: foe, faux (in non-rhotic dialects with the dough-door merger)

Numeral

four

1. A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••)
   • There are four seasons: winter, spring, summer and autumn.
2. Describing a set or group with four elements.

Noun

four (countable and uncountable, plural fours)

1. (countable) The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
2. (countable) Anything measuring four units, as length.
   • Do you have any more fours? I want to make this a little taller.
3. A person who is four years old.
   • I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground.
4. (cricket, countable) 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.
5. (basketball, countable) A power forward.
6. (rowing) Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain.
   1. The shell itself.
      • The team bought a new four last season.
   2. The crew rowing in a four boat.
      • Our four won both races.
   3. (colloquial) A regatta event for four boats.
      • We got third place in the varsity four.
7. (obsolete) A four-pennyworth of spirits.

Anagrams

• Rufo, furo, rouf, rufo-, uORF

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fuʁ/

Noun

four m (plural fours)

1. oven
2. stove
3. flop

Adverb

four

1. out, outside

Preposition

four

1. out, outside

Alternative forms

• fore, feour, fower, fowwre, foure, fowr, vour

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɔu̯r/, /fuːr/
• (early) IPA: /ˈføːwər/

Numeral

four

1. four

Alternative forms

• fou (Jersey)

Noun

four m (plural fours)

1. (Guernsey) oven

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fuːʀ/

Noun

four m (plural fours)

1. hay