quarante-huit
French, number/ka.ʁɑ̃.tɥit/
quarante-huit is spelled Q-U-A-R-A-N-T-E-H-U-I-T (12 letters). Quarante-huit is a French number meaning “forty-eight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does quarante-huit mean in English?
number
- 1
forty-eight
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Quarante-sept plus un, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 48. 2. Quarante-huitième.
noun: 1. Nombre 48, entier naturel après quarante-sept. 2. Chose portant le numéro 48. 3. Année qui se termine par 48, par exemple 1948.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce quarante-huit?
- /ka.ʁɑ̃.tɥit/
- \ka.ʁɑ̃.t‿ɥit\
- [ka.ʁɑ̃.t‿ɥit]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.