No. 11,273 in French
quarantième
"Quarantième" means "fortieth" in English.
In a sentence
Nous célébrons le quarantième anniversaire de leur mariage.
We are celebrating the fortieth anniversary of their wedding.
Here, 'quarantième' is used as an ordinal numeral to denote the sequence of anniversaries.
Il habite au quarantième étage de cet immeuble.
He lives on the fortieth floor of this building.
In this sentence, 'quarantième' represents an ordinal numeral indicating a specific floor in a building.
C'est notre quarantième visite à Paris cette année.
This is our fortieth visit to Paris this year.
'Quarantième' here functions as an ordinal numeral conveying the count of visits.
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