40s

See also: '40s and 40's

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviated form of 1940s.

Noun

40s (uncountable)

  1. The decade of the 1940s.
    Synonyms: 1940s, forties
  2. Temperatures from 40 to 49 degrees.
Alternative forms
Translations
the decade of the 1940s — see forties
See also
decades in English (edit)
21st century 2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s
20th century 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s
19th century 1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s
18th century 1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s
Decade only 00s · 10s · 20s · 30s · 40s · 50s · 60s · 70s · 80s · 90s
'00s · '10s · '20s · '30s · '40s · '50s · '60s · '70s · '80s · '90s
00's · 10's · 20's · 30's · 40's · 50's · 60's · 70's · 80's · 90's
aughts/noughties/oughts · oneties/tens/teens · twenties · thirties · forties · fifties · sixties · seventies · eighties · nineties
Nicknames Gay Nineties · Naughty Nineties · Swinging Sixties · Dirty Thirties · Roaring Twenties

Etymology 2

Noun

40s

  1. plural of 40 (“bottle of beer”)
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