quarantenaire
French, noun/ka.ʁɑ̃t.nɛʁ/
quarantenaire is spelled Q-U-A-R-A-N-T-E-N-A-I-R-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 80,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quarantenaire is a French feminine noun meaning “forty-year-old” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne dont l’âge se situe de quarante à quarante-neuf ans révolus”.
What does quarantenaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
forty years old
noun
- 1
femininemasculineforty-year-old
- 2
femininemasculineperson aged between 40 and 49
noun
- 1
masculinefourtieth anniversary
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui dure quarante ans. 2. Quadragénaire, dont l’âge se situe de quarante à quarante-neuf ans révolus. 3. Relatif à la quarantaine sanitaire.
noun: 1. Personne dont l’âge se situe de quarante à quarante-neuf ans révolus.
noun: 1. Quarantième anniversaire.
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.
Forms of quarantenaire
- quarantenaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quarantenaire?
- /ka.ʁɑ̃t.nɛʁ/
- \ka.ʁɑ̃t.nɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is quarantenaire in French?
quarantenaire appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).