different between fourth vs foorth

English

Etymology

From Middle English fourthe, an alteration (due to four) of ferthe, from Old English f?orþa, f?owerþa, from Proto-West Germanic *feurþ?, from Proto-Germanic *fedurþô, equivalent to four +? -th.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f???/
• (General American) enPR: fôrth, IPA^(key): /f???/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /fo(?)??/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /fo??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)?
• Homophone: forth

Adjective

fourth (not comparable)

1. The ordinal form of the number four.

Usage notes

Abbreviations: 4th, 4^th, IVth, IIIIth; (in names of monarchs and popes, and formal names in English) IV, IV.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

fourth (plural fourths)

1. (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the fourth position.
2. (chiefly American) A quarter, one of four equal parts of a whole.
3. (not used in the plural) The fourth gear of an engine.
4. (music) A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).

Synonyms

• (quarter): fourth part, quarter, ¼

Derived terms

Translations

Middle English

Adjective

fourth

1. Alternative form of ferthe

English

Adjective

foorth (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of fourth.

Adverb

foorth (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of forth

Middle English

Noun

foorth (plural foorths)

1. ford

Usage notes

• Attested only in the fourteenth century.

References

• “foorth” listed as a fourteenth- of “ford, n.¹”, listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)