Meaning

5 senses
  1. (singular)The person or thing in the fourth position.

    Vierter

    четвёртыйčetvértyj

  2. (US)A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.

    one of four equal parts

  3. (singular)The fourth gear of an engine.

    четвёртая переда́чаčetvjórtaja peredáča

  4. A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).

    ква́ртаkvárta

    the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it

  5. (rare)One sixtieth of a third or tierce.

Examples

300 sentences
  1. The fourth month is called April.

    Четвертий місяць називається квітнем.

    ruЧетвёртый месяц называется апрелем.

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  2. My apartment is on the fourth floor.

    Моя квартира - на четвертому поверсі.

    ruМоя комната на четвёртом этаже.

    deMeine Wohnung liegt im vierten Stock.

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  3. My room is on the fourth floor.

    Моя кімната на четвертому поверсі.

    ruМоя комната на четвёртом этаже.

    deMein Zimmer ist im vierten Stock.

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  4. Tom was the fourth of six children.

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  5. My office is on the fourth floor of that gray six-story building.

    ruМой офис находится на четвёртом этаже того серого шестиэтажного здания.

    deMein Büro befindet sich im vierten Stock dieses grauen sechsstöckigen Gebäudes.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
person or thing in the fourth position:
fourth-highest gear of an engine:
musical interval spanning four degrees of the diatonic scale:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person or thing in the fourth position:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English fourthe, an alteration (due to four) of ferthe, from Old Eng

Inherited from Middle English fourthe, an alteration (due to four) of ferthe, from Old English fēorþa, fēowerþa, from Proto-West Germanic *feurþō, from Proto-Germanic *fedurþô, equivalent to four + -th (ordinal suffix).

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