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==Translingual==
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! [[file:4-Kartefour.svg|frameless]]
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| Signal flag for the digit 4
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===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|mul|Four|FOUR}}

===Etymology===
{{bor+|mul|en|four}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|mul|[ˈfoa]}}, like ''lower'' (non-rhotic)<ref>{{cite-book|url=https://www.icao.int/Meetings/anconf12/Document%20Archive/AN10_V2_cons%5B1%5D.pdf|title=Annex 10 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: Aeronautical Telecommunications; Volume II Communication Procedures including those with PANS status|page=§5.2.1.4.3.1|publisher=International Civil Aviation Organization|edition=6th|date=October 2001|accessdate=23 January 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331002913/https://www.icao.int/Meetings/anconf12/Document%20Archive/AN10_V2_cons%5B1%5D.pdf|archivedate=31 March 2019}}</ref>

===Noun===
{{head|mul|noun}}

# {{phonetic alphabet|NATO/ICAO=1|num=1|4}}
#: {{syn|mul|kartefour|qq1=ITU/IMO}}

{{ICAO letter codewords}}
{{ITU digit codewords}}

===References===
<references/>

==English==
{{wikipedia}}
{{number box|en|4}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|four}}, from {{inh|en|ang|fēower}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*feuwar}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*fedwōr}}, from previous pre-[[w:Grimm's law|Grimm]] {{m|gem-pro|*petwṓr}}, from {{inh|en|ine-pro|*kʷetwṓr}}, the neuter form of {{m|ine-pro|*kʷetwóres}}. {{dbt|en|cuatro|quatre}}.

Cognates include {{cog|sco|fower}}, {{cog|stq|fjauer}}, {{cog|fy|fjouwer}}, {{cog|nl|vier}}, {{cog|nds-de|veer}}, {{cog|de|vier}}, {{cog|nb|-}} and {{cog|da|fire}}, {{cog|sv|fyra}}, {{cog|got|𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂}} and, more distantly, {{cog|la|quattuor}} (whence {{cog|es|cuatro}}, {{cog|fr|quatre}}), {{cog|grc|τέσσαρες}}, {{cog|ga|ceathair}}, {{cog|hy|չորս}}, {{cog|lt|keturi}}, {{cog|sq|katër}}, {{cog|sa|चतुर्}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{a|en|UK}}
** {{enPR|fô|a=RP}}, {{IPA|en|/fɔː/}}
** {{IPA|en|/fo(ː)ɹ/|a=Scotland}}
* {{a|en|US}}
** {{enPR|fôr|a=GenAm}}, {{IPA|en|/fɔɹ/}}
** {{enPR|fōr|a=rhotic,non-horse-hoarse}}, {{IPA|en|/fo(ː)ɹ/}}
** {{IPA|en|/foə/|a=non-rhotic,non-horse-hoarse}}
** {{audio|en|en-us-ne-four.ogg|a=US,non-horse-hoarse}}
** {{audio|en|en-us-four.ogg|a=US,horse-hoarse}}
* {{IPA|en|/foː/|a=AU,NZ}}
* {{audio|en|en-au-four.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{IPA|en|/foʊ/|a=non-rhotic,dough-door,AAVE}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɔː(ɹ)|s=1}}
* {{homophones|en|fore|foure}}
* {{homophones|en|for|aa=horse-hoarse}}
* {{homophones|en|faugh|aa=non-rhotic,horse-hoarse}}
* {{homophones|en|foe|faux|aa=non-rhotic,dough-door}}

===Numeral===
{{head|en|numeral}}

# {{cln|en|cardinal numbers}} A [[numerical]] [[value]] equal to [[4]]; the number after [[three]] and before [[five]]; [[two]] plus [[two]]. This many dots (••••)
#: {{ux|en|There are '''four''' seasons: winter, spring, summer and autumn.}}
#* {{RQ:Grey Riders|8|passage=Venters began to count them—one—two—three—'''four'''—on up to sixteen.}}
# {{n-g|Describing a [[set]] or [[group]] with four [[element]]s.}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|en|title=Terms derived from ''four''
|all fours|all-fours|plus fours| four ale|four and twenty|four score|four-ale|four-ale bar|four-and-nine|four-dimensional chess|four-dimensionality|four-dimensionally|four-fold|four-poster bed|four-score|history of the four kings|match-four game
|on all fours
|back four
|Four Ashes
|Four Floors of Whores
|four-bagger|three-four time|two-four time|within the four seas
|four-ball
|[[four-by-four]]/[[4X4]]
|[[four-color]]/[[four-colour]]
|Four Crosses
|four-dimensional
|four-eyes
|four-flush
|fourfold
|[[fourfooted]]/[[four-footed]]
|four-handed
|four horsemen
|four hundred
|four-in-hand
|Four Lane Ends
|four-leaf clover
|four-letter word|four color
|fourling
|Four Marks
|Four Oaks
|four-o'clock
|four of a kind
|four-on-the-floor
|fourpence
|fourpenny
|fourplex
|four-post bed
|four-poster
|four-pounder
|fourscore
|Four Shire Stone
|four-sided
|foursquare
|four square
|foursome
|four-string banjo
|four-string guitar
|fourth
|four-star
|[[four-track]], [[four-tracked]]
|four-tracking
|four-wheel
|[[four-wheel drive]], [[four-wheel-drive]]
|four-wheeler
|two-by-four
|all-run four|between you and me and these four walls|boundary four|clue by four|clue-by-four|coxless four|cul-de-four|figure four|finger-four|flat back four|four by two|four color theorem|four corners|four door house|four eyes|four F's|four fingers|four flush|four foot|four L|four o'clock|four o'clock flower|four oh four|four on the floor|four one one|four penny nail|four pips|four score and seven years ago|four score and ten|four score seven years ago|four sheets in the wind|four sheets to the wind|four thieves' vinegar|four thousand|four treasures of the study|four twenty|four winds hat|four-acceleration|four-and-twenty|four-belt|four-by-two|four-current|four-cycle|four-dimensionalism|four-door|four-eye principle|four-eyed|four-eyed fish|four-fifths|four-flusher|four-foot|four-force|four-four time|four-half|four-leaf|four-leafed clover|four-leaved clover|four-legged|four-legged friend|four-letter|four-lined wave|four-master|four-minute warning|four-momentum|four-o'clock flower|four-of-a-kind|four-peat|four-penny nail|four-point|four-point Calvinist|four-quadrant|four-ring|four-seam fastball|four-seamer|four-sheet|four-speed|four-square|four-stacker|four-stroke|four-stroke engine|four-stroking|four-to-the-floor|four-top|four-twenty|four-vector|four-velocity|four-wall|four-waller|four-walling|four-way|four-way cock|four-way switch|four-wheeled|four-wheeling|gang of four|grade four|last four|Mother Thumb and her four daughters|number four|rare as a four-leaf clover|rule of four|stretch four|ten-four|thirty-four|train-of-four|two by four|two-four}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|fourth}}

====Descendants====
{{top4}}
* {{desc|aig|fuar|fua}}
* {{desc|djk|fo}}
* {{desc|rop|fo}}
* {{desc|bzj|foa|foar}}
* {{desc|bi|fo}}
* {{desc|wes|fo̱}}
* {{desc|gcl|fo}}
* {{desc|gul|fo}}
* {{desc|kri|fo}}
* {{desc|pcm|fo̱r}}
* {{desc|fpe|fo}}
* {{desc|pis|foa}}
* {{desc|srm|fɔ́}}
* {{desc|srn|fo}}
* {{desc|tpi|foa}}
* {{desc|tcs|po}}
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====Translations====
{{trans-top|the cardinal number 4}}{{multitrans|data=
* Aari: {{tt|aiw|ʔoydí}}
* Abaza: {{tt|abq|пщба}}
* Abkhaz: {{tt|ab|ԥшьба}}, {{tt|ab|ҧшьба}} {{qualifier|old spelling}}
* Abon: {{tt|abo|bine}}
* Acehnese: {{t|ace|peuët}}
* Adyghe: {{tt|ady|плӏы}}
* Afar: {{tt|aa|feréy}}
* Afrikaans: {{tt+|af|vier}}
* Aghwan: {{tt|xag|𐔱𐔼𐕗}}
* Ahom: {{tt|aho|𑜏𑜣}}
* Ainu: {{tt|ain|イネ|tr=ine}}
* Aiton: {{t-needed|aio}}
* Akan: {{t|ak|anan}}, {{t|ak|anang}}
* Aklanon: {{tt|akl|ap-at}}
* Albanian: {{tt+|sq|katër}}
* Aleut:
*: Attu: {{tt|ale|siching}}
*: Eastern: {{tt|ale|sichin}}
* Alutiiq: {{tt|ems|staaman}}
* American Sign Language: {{t-image|ase|LSQ 4.jpg|25px|4@Side-PalmBack}}
* Amharic: {{tt+|am|አራት}} (numeral: {{tt|am|፬}})
* Apache:
*: Western Apache: {{tt|apw|dį́į́'i}}
* Arabic: {{tt+|ar|أَرْبَعَة}} (numeral: {{tt|ar|٤}})
* Aragonese: {{tt|an|quatre}}, {{tt|an|quatro}}
* Aramaic:
*: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{tt|aii|ܐܲܪܒܥܵܐ|tr=ārbʿa|m}}, {{tt|aii|ܐܲܪܒܲܥ|tr=ārbāʿ|f}}
*: Classical Syriac: {{tt|syc|ܐܪܒܥܐ|m|tr=ʾarbəʿā}}, {{tt|syc|ܐܪܒܥ|f|tr=ʾarbaʿ}}
*: Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: {{tt|arc|אַרְבְְּעָא|m|tr=ʾarbəʿā}}, {{tt|arc|אַרְבַּע|f|tr=ʾarbaʿ}}
*: Western Neo-Aramaic: {{tt|amw|ܐܪܒ݆ܥܐ|m|tr=ʾarpʿa}}, {{tt|amw|ܐܪܒ݆ܥ|f|tr=ʾarpaʿ}}
* Archi: {{tt|aqc|ебкъ}}
* Argobba: {{tt|agj|አርቢት|tr=arbit}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|չորս}}
* Aromanian: {{tt+|rup|patru}}
* Assamese: {{tt|as|চাৰি}} (numeral: [[৪]])
* Asturian: {{tt+|ast|cuatro}}
* Atong (India): {{tt|aot|byryi}}
* Avar: {{tt|av|ункъо}}, {{tt|av|ункъго}}
* Aymara: {{tt+|ay|pusi}}
* Azerbaijani: {{tt+|az|dörd}}
* Balinese: {{tt|ban|patpat}}, {{tt|ban|empat}}
* Banjarese: {{tt+|bjn|ampat}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|дүрт}}
* Basque: {{tt+|eu|lau}}
* Bassa: {{tt|bsq|hĩinyɛ}}
* Bay Miwok: {{tt|mkq|huya}}
* Belarusian: {{tt+|be|чаты́ры}}, {{qualifier|collective}} {{tt|be|чацвёра}}
* Bengali: {{tt+|bn|চার}} (numeral: [[৪]])
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|चार}}
* Biatah Bidayuh: {{tt|bth|pat}}
* Big Nambas: {{t|nmb|iv'a}}
* Bikol Central: {{tt+|bcl|apat}}
* Bislama: {{tt|bi|fo}}
* Bouyei: {{tt|pcc|sis}}
* Breton: {{tt+|br|pevar|m}}, {{tt+|br|peder|f}}
* Brunei Malay: {{tt|kxd|ampat}}
* Budukh: {{tt|bdk|йукьуд}}
* Buginese: {{tt|bug|eppa}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|че́тири}}
* Burmese: {{tt+|my|လေး}} (numeral: {{tt+|my|၄}})
* Buryat: {{tt|bua|дүрбэн}}
* Calamian Tagbanwa: {{tt|tbk|epat}}
* Carpathian Rusyn: {{tt|rue|штири}}
* Casiguran Dumagat Agta: {{tt|dgc|epat}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|quatre}}
* Cebuano: {{tt|ceb|upat}}
* Cèmuhî: {{t|cam|paa}}
* Central Atlas Tamazight: {{tt|tzm|ⴽⴽⵓⵥ}}
* Central Bontoc: {{attention|lbk|check that this is used in Central and not eg Eastern Bontoc}} {{tt|lbk|epat}}
* Central Dusun: {{tt|dtp|apat}}
* Central Sierra Miwok: {{tt|csm|ˀój·is·a-}}
* Chakma: {{tt|ccp|𑄬𑄌𑄃𑄨𑄢𑄴|tr=ce-ir}}, {{tt|ccp|𑄺}}
* Chamicuro: {{tt|ccc|ma'pojtamala}}
* Champenois: {{t|roa-cha|quaitre}}
* Chechen: {{tt|ce|диъ}}
* Chepang: {{tt|cdm|प्‍लय्‌|tr=play}}
* Cherokee: {{tt|chr|ᏅᎩ}}
* Chichewa: {{tt|ny|nayi}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{tt+|yue|四|tr=sei3}}
*: Dungan: {{tt|dng|сы}}
*: Eastern Min: {{tt|cdo|四|tr=sei}}
*: Hakka: {{tt|hak|四|tr=siì}}
*: Hokkien: {{qualifier|Xiamen}} {{tt+|nan-hbl|四|tr=sì, sù}}
*: Literary Chinese: {{tt|lzh|亖}}
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|四}} (numeral: [[肆]])
*: Teochew: {{tt|nan-tws|四}}
*: Wu: {{tt|wuu|四}}
* Chinook Jargon: {{tt|chn|lakit}}
* Chukchi: {{tt|ckt|ӈыраӄ|tr=ṇyraq}}
* Chuukese: {{tt|chk|ruanu}}, {{tt|chk|föchö}}, {{tt|chk|fömön}}
* Chuvash: {{tt|cv|тӑваттӑ}}
* Cornish: {{tt|kw|peswar|m}}, {{tt|kw|peder|f}}
* Corsican: {{tt+|co|quattru}}
* Cowlitz: {{tt|cow|mús}}
* Cree: {{tt|cr|newo}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{tt|crh|dört}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|čtyři}}, {{qualifier|collective}} {{tt|cs|čtvery}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|fire}}
* Dena'ina: {{tt|tfn|dink'i}}
* Dhivehi: {{tt|dv|ޖަތަރު}}
* Dolgan: {{tt|dlg|түөрт}}
* Drung: {{tt|duu|vbli}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|vier}}
* Dzongkha: {{tt|dz|བཞི}}
* Eastern Cham: {{tt|cjm|ꨛꨩꩀ|tr=ppa'k}}
* Eastern Mari: {{tt|mhr|нылыт}}
* Edo: {{t|bin|ẹ̀nẹ́}}
* Embaloh: {{tt|emb|ampat}}
* Erzya: {{tt|myv|ниле}}
* Esperanto: {{tt+|eo|kvar}}
* Estonian: {{tt+|et|neli}}
* Even: {{tt|eve|дигэн}}
* Evenki: {{tt|evn|дыгин}}
* Extremaduran: {{tt|ext|cuatru}}
* Faroese: {{tt+|fo|fýra}}
* Fataluku: {{tt|ddg|fate}}
* Fijian: {{tt+|fj|va}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|neljä}}
* Forest Enets: {{t|enf|тԑт}}
* Forest Nenets: {{t|syd-fne|чеʼт}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|quatre}}
* Friulian: {{tt|fur|cuatri}}
* Ga: {{tt|gaa|ejwɛ}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|catro}}
* Garifuna: {{tt|cab|gádürü}}
* Ge'ez: {{tt|gez|አርባዕቱ|m}}, {{tt|gez|አርባዕ|f}} (numeral: {{tt|gez|፬}})
* Georgian: {{tt+|ka|ოთხი}}
* German: {{tt+|de|vier}}
*: Alemannic German: {{tt|gsw|vier}}
* Gilbertese: {{tt|gil|aua}}
* Gothic: {{tt|got|𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|τέσσερα}}, {{tt|el|δ΄}} {{qualifier|numeral}}
*: Ancient: {{tt|grc|τέτταρες}}, {{tt|grc|τέσσαρες}}, {{tt|grc|δ΄}} {{qualifier|numeral}}
* Greenlandic: {{tt+|kl|sisamat}}
* Guaraní: {{tt|gn|irundy}}
* Gujarati: {{tt+|gu|ચાર}} (numeral: [[૪]])
* Hadza: {{tt|hts|bone}} and inflections
* Haitian Creole: {{tt|ht|kat}}
* Hanunoo: {{tt|hnn|upat}}
* Hausa: {{tt|ha|huɗu}}
* Hawaiian: {{tt|haw|hā}}, {{tt|haw|ʻehā}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|אַרְבַּע|tr=arbá|f}} {{qualifier|used in counting}}, {{tt+|he|אַרְבָּעָה|tr=arbaá|m}}
* Higaonon: {{tt|mba|ha-apat}}
* Hiligaynon: {{t|hil|apat}}
* Hindi: {{tt+|hi|चार}} (numeral: [[४]]), {{tt+|hi|चतुर}}, {{tt+|hi|चहार}}
* Hiri Motu: {{tt|ho|hani}}
* Hlai: {{tt|lic|caus}}
* Hopi: {{tt|hop|naalöyöʼ}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|négy}}
* Hunsrik: {{tt|hrx|fier}}
* Iban: {{tt|iba|empat}}, {{tt|iba|pat}}
* Ibanag: {{tt|ibg|appat}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|fjórir|m}}, {{tt+|is|fjórar|f}}, {{tt+|is|fjögur|n}}
* Icelandic Sign Language: {{tt|icl|4@Side-PalmBackFingerUp}}
* Ido: {{tt+|io|quar}}
* Ifè: {{t|ife|mɛ́ɛrɛ̃}}
* Igala: {{t|igl|ẹ̀lẹ̀}}
* Igbo: {{tt+|ig|ànọ}}
* Ilocano: {{tt|ilo|uppat}}
* Indonesian: {{tt+|id|empat}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|neljä}}
* Interlingua: {{tt+|ia|quatro}}
* Iranun: {{tt|ill|pat}}
* Irish: {{tt+|ga|ceathair}}, {{tt|ga|ceithre}}
*: Old Irish: {{tt|sga|cethair}}
* Isnag: {{tt|isd|appat}}
* Istriot: {{tt|ist|quatro}}, {{tt|ist|quattro}}
* Istro-Romanian: {{tt|ruo|påtru}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|quattro|m}}
* Itawit: {{tt|itv|appat}}
* Itsekiri: {{t|its|mẹ́ẹrẹn}}
* Iu Mien: {{tt|ium|biei}}
* Izon: {{t|ijc|noin|alt=nóin}}, {{t|ijc|nia|alt=nía}} {{qualifier|qualifying}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|四|tr=yon, shi}}, {{tt+|ja|四つ|tr=yottsu}}, {{t+|ja|フォー|tr=fō}}
* Jarai: {{tt|jra|pă}}
* Javanese: {{tt+|jv|papat}}, {{tt+|jv|pat}}
* Jeju: {{t|jje|닛}}, {{t|jje|니}} {{qualifier|attributive}}
* Jurchen: {{tt|juc|duwin}}
* Kabardian: {{tt+|kbd|плӏы}}
* Kabuverdianu: {{tt|kea|kuátu}}
* Kalmyk: {{tt|xal|дөрвн}}
* Kannada: {{tt+|kn|ನಾಲ್ಕು}} (numeral: {{tt+|kn|೪}})
* Kanuri: {{tt|kr|dege}}
* Karachay-Balkar: {{tt|krc|тёрт}}
* Karaim: {{tt|kdr|diort’}}
* Karakhanid: {{tt|xqa|تُورْتْ|tr=tȫrt}}
* Karelian: {{tt|krl|nelʹlʹä}}
* Karo Batak: {{tt|btx|empat}}
* Kashubian: {{tt|csb|sztërë}}
* Kaurna: {{tt|zku|yarapurla}}
* Kazakh: {{tt+|kk|төрт}}
* Khakas: {{tt|kjh|тӧрт}}
* Khmer: {{tt+|km|បួន}} (numeral: {{l|km|៤}})
* Kinaray-a: {{t|krj|apat}}
* Komi-Permyak: {{tt|koi|нёль}}
* Komi-Zyrian: {{tt|kpv|нёль}}
* Kongo: {{t|kg|yiya}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|넷}}, {{tt+|ko|네}} {{qualifier|attributive}}, {{tt+|ko|사(四)}}, {{t+|ko|포}}
* Kumyk: {{tt|kum|дёрт}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt|ckb|چوار}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|çar}}
* Kven: {{tt|fkv|nelje}}
* Kyrgyz: {{tt+|ky|төрт}}
* Ladin: {{tt|lld|cater}}
* Lakota: {{tt|lkt|tópa}}
* Lao: {{tt|lo|ສີ່}} (numeral: {{tt|lo|໔}})
* Latgalian: {{tt|ltg|četri|m}}, {{tt|ltg|četrys|f}}
* Latin: {{tt+|la|quattuor}}
* Latvian: {{tt+|lv|četri|m}}, {{tt|lv|četras|f}}
* Laz: {{tt|lzz|ოთხო}}
* Lenape:
*: Unami: {{tt|unm|newa}}
* Lezgi: {{tt|lez|кьуд}}
* Ligurian: {{tt|lij|quàttro|m}}
* Lingala: {{t|ln|mínei}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt+|lt|keturi|m}}, {{tt|lt|keturios|f}}
* Livonian: {{tt|liv|nēļa}}
* Lombard: {{tt|lmo|cuàter}} ({{tt|lmo|quàter}})
* Louisiana Creole French: {{tt|lou|kat}}
* Low German:
*: Dutch Low Saxon: {{tt+|nds-nl|veer}}
*: German Low German: {{tt+|nds-de|veer}}
* Lycian: {{t|xlc|𐊗𐊁𐊗𐊁𐊕𐊆}}
* Lü: {{tt|khb|ᦉᦲᧈ}} (numeral: [[᧔]])
* Lucumí: {{t|luq|erín}}
* Lun Bawang: {{tt|lnd|afaat}}
* Lusitanian: {{tt|xls|petranioi}}
* Luxembourgish: {{tt+|lb|véier}}
* Macedonian: {{tt+|mk|четири}}
* Madurese: {{tt|mad|empaʔ}}, {{tt|mad|empak}}
* Maguindanao: {{tt|mdh|pat}}
* Makasar: {{tt|mak|appaʔ}}
* Malay:
*: Jawi: {{tt+|ms|امڤت}}, {{tt|ms|ڤت}}, {{tt|ms|چاتور}}
*: Rumi: {{tt+|ms|empat}}, {{tt+|ms|pat}}, {{tt+|ms|catur}}
* Malayalam: {{tt|ml|നാലു}}, {{tt+|ml|നാല്}} (numeral: [[൪]])
* Maltese: {{tt+|mt|erbgħa}}
* Manchu: {{tt|mnc|ᡩᡠᡳᠨ}}
* Mandar: {{tt|mdr|appeʔ}}
* Mangarevan: {{tt|mrv|ha}}
* Mansaka: {{tt|msk|opat}}
* Manx: {{tt|gv|kiare}}
* Maori: {{tt+|mi|whā}}
* Maranao: {{tt|mrw|pat}}
* Marathi: {{tt|mr|चार}} (numeral: [[४]])
* Maricopa: {{tt|mrc|tcumpopk}}
* Marshallese: {{tt|mh|emān}}
* Mauritian Creole: {{tt|mfe|kat}}
* Mazanderani: {{tt|mzn|چار|tr=čār}}
* Megleno-Romanian: {{tt|ruq|patru}}
* Middle English: {{tt|enm|four}}
* Minangkabau: {{tt|min|ampeʔ}}, {{tt|min|ampek}}
* Mingrelian: {{tt|xmf|ოთხი}}
* Mirandese: {{tt|mwl|quatro}}
* Mizo: {{tt|lus|pa-li}}
* Mòcheno: {{tt|mhn|viar}}
* Moksha: {{tt|mdf|ниле}}
* Mon: {{tt+|mnw|ပန်|tr=pɔn}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt+|mn|дөрөв}}
*: Mongolian: {{tt|mn|ᠳᠥᠷᠪᠡ}}, {{tt|mn|᠔}} {{q|numeral}}
* Montagnais: {{tt|moe|neu}}
* Motu: {{tt|meu|hani}}
* Mulam: {{tt|mlm|ti⁵}} {{q|Dongmen, Siba}}
* Muna: {{tt|mnb|paa}}
* Muong: {{tt|mtq|pổn}}
* Nahuatl: {{tt+|nah|nahui}}
* Nama: {{tt|naq|haka}}
* Nanai: {{tt|gld|дуин}}
* Nauruan: {{tt|na|aeoq}}
* Navajo: {{tt|nv|dį́į́ʼ}}
* Negidal: {{tt|neg|диғин}}
* Nepali: {{tt+|ne|चार}} (numeral: [[४]])
* Newar: {{tt|new|पी}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{tt|zdj|ne|alt=-ne}}
* Nheengatu: {{t|yrl|irundí}}
* Nias: {{tt|nia|õfa}}
* Nigerian Pidgin: {{t|pcm|fọ́}}
* Niuean: {{tt|niu|fa}}, {{tt|niu|fā}}
* Nivkh: {{tt|niv|нырӈ}}
* North Frisian:
*: Föhr-Amrum: {{tt|frr|fjauer}}
*: Helgoland: {{tt|frr|schtjuur}}
*: Mooring: {{tt|frr|fjouer}}
*: Sylt: {{tt|frr|fjuur}}
* Northern Khanty: {{tt|kca-nor|няԯ}} {{qualifier|Kazym}}
* Northern Mansi: {{t-check|mns-nor|нила}} {{attention|mns-nor|check that this is Northern Mansi and not some other variety}}
* Northern Ohlone: {{tt|cst|uṯit}}
* Northern Thai: {{tt|nod|ᩈᩦ᩵}}
* Norwegian: {{tt+|no|fire}}
* Nuosu: {{tt|ii|ꇖ}}
* O'odham: {{tt|ood|giʼik}}
* Occitan: {{tt+|oc|quatre}}
* Odia: {{tt+|or|ଚାରି}} (numeral: {{tt|or|୪|tr=-}})
* Ojibwe: {{tt|oj|niiwin}}
* Okinawan: {{tt|ryu|四|tr=yū}} {{q|counting}}, {{tt|ryu|四ち|tr=yūchi}}
* Old Church Slavonic:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|cu|четꙑре}} (numeral: [[д҃]])
* Old English: {{tt|ang|feower}}
* Old Frisian: {{tt|ofs|fiūwer}}
* Old Japanese: {{tt|ojp|四|tr=yo<sub>2</sub>}}
* Old Javanese: {{tt|kaw|pat}}
* Old Norse: {{tt|non|fjórir}}
* Old Turkic: {{tt|otk|𐱅𐰇𐰼𐱅|ts=tört}}
* Olukumi: {{t|ulb|mẹ́rẹ̀n}}
* Orok: {{t|oaa|ӡин}}
* Oromo: {{tt|om|afur}}
* Oscan: {{tt|osc|𐌐𐌄𐌕𐌖𐌓𐌀}}
* Ossetian: {{tt|os|цыппар}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{tt|ota|درت|tr=dört}}
* Pa'o Karen: {{tt+|blk|လစ်ꩻ}}
* Pacoh: {{tt|pac|poan}}
* Paicî: {{t|pri|êrêpëpé}}
* Palawan Batak: {{tt|bya|epat}}
* Pamona: {{tt|pmf|opo}}
* Papiamentu: {{tt|pap|kuater}}
* Pashto: {{tt+|ps|څلور|tr=calor}}
* Pennsylvania German: {{tt|pdc|fiah}}, {{tt|pdc|fierra}}, {{tt|pdc|vier}}
* Persian: {{tt+|fa|چهار|tr=čahâr}} (numeral: {{tt|fa|۴}})
* Piedmontese: {{tt|pms|quatr}}
* Pijin: {{tt|pis|foa}}
* Pipil: {{tt|ppl|nawi}}, {{tt|ppl|nahui}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|cztery}}, {{qualifier|collective}} {{tt+|pl|czworo}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|quatro}}
* Punjabi: {{tt|pa|ਚਾਰ}} (numeral: {{tt|pa|੪}})
* Purepecha: {{tt|pua|t'ámu}}
* Quechua: {{tt+|qu|tawa}}, {{tt|qu|cusku}}
* Rapa Nui: {{tt|rap|ha}}
* Rarotongan: {{tt|rar|ā}}
* Rohingya: {{tt|rhg|sair}}
* Romagnol: {{tt|rgn|cvàtar}}
* Romani: {{tt|rom|śtar}}
*: Kalo Finnish Romani: {{tt|rmf|staar}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|patru}}
* Romansch: {{tt|rm|quatter}}, {{tt|rm|quater}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|четы́ре}}
* S'gaw Karen: {{tt|ksw|လွံၢ်}}
* Saho: {{tt|ssy|afar}}
* Sami:
*: Inari: {{tt|smn|nelji}}
*: Northern: {{tt|se|njeallje}}
*: Skolt: {{tt|sms|nellj}}
*: Southern: {{tt|sma|njieljie}}
* Samoan: {{tt|sm|fā}}
* Samogitian: {{tt|sgs|ketori}}
* Sangir: {{tt|sxn|epaʔ}}
* Sango: {{tt+|sg|osïö}}
* Sanskrit: {{tt+|sa|चतुर्}}
* Santali: {{tt|sat|ᱯᱳᱱ}}, {{tt|sat|ᱯᱩᱱ}}
* Sarcee: {{tt|srs|diitc'íí}}
* Sardinian: {{tt|sc|batero}}, {{tt|sc|baturu}}, {{tt|sc|bàtoro}}, {{tt|sc|batro}}, {{tt|sc|quatru}}
*: Campidanese: {{t|sc|cuattru}}
*: Logudorese: {{t|sc|báttor}}
* Sasak: {{tt|sas|empat}}
* Saterland Frisian: {{tt|stq|fjauer}}
* Scots: {{tt|sco|fower}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|ceithir}}, {{qualifier|persons}} {{tt|gd|ceathrar|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|чѐтири}}
*: Roman: {{tt|sh|čètiri}}
* Seychellois Creole: {{tt|crs|kat}}
* Shan: {{tt+|shn|သီႇ}} (numeral: [[႔]])
* Sherpa: {{tt|xsr|བཞི}}
* Shor: {{tt|cjs|тӧрт}}
* Sicilian: {{tt+|scn|quattru}}
* Sidamo: {{tt|sid|shoole}}
* Sikkimese: {{tt|sip|ཞི}}
* Silesian: {{tt|szl|štyry}}
* Simeulue: {{tt|smr|at}}
* Sindhi: {{tt+|sd|چار|tr=čār}}
* Sinhalese: {{tt+|si|හතර}}
* Slovak: {{tt+|sk|štyri}}, {{tt|sk|štyria|m-an}}, {{tt|sk|štvoro}}
* Slovene: {{tt|sl|štírje}}, {{qualifier|when counting}} {{tt+|sl|štíri}}
* Slovincian: {{tt|zlw-slv|sztérzë}}
* Solon: {{tt|tuw-sol|diḡing}}
* Somali: {{tt+|so|afar}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{tt|dsb|styri}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{tt|hsb|štyrjo|m}}, {{tt|hsb|štyri|f|n}}
* South Efate: {{t|erk|ipat}}
* Southern Altai: {{tt|alt|тӧрт}}
* Southern Ohlone: {{tt|css|utsit}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|cuatro}}
* Sranan Tongo: {{t|srn|fo}}
* Sukuma: {{tt|suk|ine}}
* Sundanese: {{tt+|su|opat}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|nne}}
* Swazi: {{tt|ss|ne}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|fyra}}
* Sylheti: {{t-needed|syl}}
* Tabasaran: {{tt|tab|юкьуб}}
* Tagalog: {{tt+|tl|apat}}
* Tahitian: {{tt|ty|māha}}, {{tt|ty|maha}}
* Tai Dam: {{tt|blt|ꪎꪲ꪿}}
* Tai Laing: {{t|tjl|ꩬီ}}
* Tai Nüa: {{tt|tdd|ᥔᥤᥱ}}
* Tajik: {{tt+|tg|чор}}
* Talysh: {{t|tly|ço}}
* Tamil: {{tt+|ta|நான்கு}} (numeral: {{tt+|ta|௪}})
* Tangut: {{tt|txg|𗥃}}
* Taos: {{tt|twf|wíaną}}
* Tarantino: {{t|roa-tar|quatte}}
* Tashelhit: {{tt|shi|koz|m}}, {{tt|shi|kozt|f}}
* Tat: {{t|ttt|çar}}
* Tatar: {{tt+|tt|дүрт}}
* Tausug: {{tt|tsg|upat}}
* Tboli: {{tt|tbl|fat}}
* Tedim Chin: {{tt|ctd|li}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|నాలుగు}} (numeral: {{tt+|te|౪}})
* Ternate: {{tt|tft|raha}}
* Tetum: {{tt|tet|haat}}
* Thai: {{tt+|th|สี่}} (numeral: {{tt+|th|๔}})
* Tibetan: {{tt|bo|བཞི}} (numeral: {{tt|bo|༤}})
* Tidore: {{tt|tvo|raha}}
* Tigre: {{tt|tig|አርበዕ}} (numeral: {{tt|tig|፬}})
* Tigrinya: {{tt+|ti|ኣርባዕተ}} (numeral: {{tt|ti|፬}})
* Timugon Murut: {{tt|tih|apat}}
* Tiruray: {{tt|tiy|efot}}
* Toba Batak: {{tt|bbc|opat}}
* Tocharian A: {{tt|xto|śtwar}}
* Tocharian B: {{tt|txb|śtwer}}
* Tok Pisin: {{tt+|tpi|fopela}}
* Tontemboan: {{tt|tnt|epat}}
* Tooro: {{tt|ttj|na|alt=-na}}, {{tt|ttj|ina}} {{qualifier|abstract counting}}
* Tumbuka: {{t|tum|nayi}}
* Tundra Nenets: {{tt|yrk|тет}}
* Tupinambá: {{tt|tpn|irundyk}}, {{tt|tpn|oîoîrundyk}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|dört}}
* Turkmen: {{tt+|tk|dört}}
* Tuvaluan: {{tt|tvl|fa}}
* Tuvan: {{tt|tyv|дөрт}}
* Tuwali Ifugao: {{tt|ifk|opát}}
* Tz'utujil: {{tt|tzj|kikhi}}
* Udmurt: {{tt|udm|ньыль}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt+|uk|чоти́ри}}, {{qualifier|collective}} {{tt|uk|че́тверо}}
* Uma: {{tt|ppk|opoʔ}}
* Umbrian: {{tt|xum|𐌐𐌄𐌕𐌖𐌓}}
* Urdu: {{tt|ur|چار}}
* Uyghur: {{tt+|ug|تۆت}}
* Uzbek: {{tt+|uz|toʻrt}}
* Venetan: {{tt|vec|quatro}}
* Veps: {{tt|vep|nel'l'}}
* Vietnamese: {{tt+|vi|bốn}}
* Vilamovian: {{tt|wym|fiyr}}
* Volapük: {{tt+|vo|fol}}
* Võro: {{tt|vro|nelli}}
* Votic: {{tt|vot|nelʹlʹe}}
* Vurës: {{t|msn|nivet}}
* Walloon: {{tt+|wa|cwate}}
* Waray-Waray: {{tt|war|upat}}
* Welsh: {{tt+|cy|pedwar|m}}, {{tt+|cy|pedair|f}}
* West Coast Bajau: {{tt|bdr|empat}}
* West Frisian: {{tt+|fy|fjouwer}}
* West Makian: {{tt|mqs|fati}}
* Western Bukidnon Manobo: {{tt|mbb|upat}}
* Western Cham: {{tt|cja|ڤآء}}
* Western Kayah: {{tt|kyu|ꤜꤝꤟꤤ꤭}}
* White Hmong: {{tt|mww|plaub}}
* Winnebago: {{tt|win|joop}}
* Wiradjuri: {{tt|wrh|bula bula}}
* Wolio: {{tt|wlo|apa}}
* Wolof: {{tt|wo|ñeent}}
* Wutunhua: {{tt|wuh|se}}
* Xârâcùù: {{t|ane|kêrêfuè}}
* Xhosa: {{tt|xh|ne}}
* Yagara: {{tt|yxg|budela-budela}}, {{tt|yxg|burla burla}}
* Yagnobi: {{tt|yai|туфор}}
* Yakan: {{tt|yka|ampat}}
* Yakkha: {{tt|ybh|ना}}
* Yakut: {{tt|sah|түөрт}}
* Yámana: {{tt|yag|kupakunu}}
* Yao: {{tt|yao|mcheche}}
* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|פֿיר}}
* Yoruba: {{tt|yo|ẹ̀rin}}, {{t|yo|ẹẹ́rin}} {{qualifier|counting form}}, {{t|yo|mẹ́rin}} {{qualifier|adjectival}}
* Yup'ik: {{tt|esu|cetaman}}
* Zazaki: {{tt|zza|çexar}}
* Zealandic: {{tt|zea|vier}}, {{tt|zea|viere}} {{q|in counting}}
* Zhuang: {{tt|za|seiq}} (''Sawndip'' [[四]])
* Zou: {{tt|zom|li}}
* Zulu: {{tt|zu|ne}}
* Zuni: {{tt|zun|a:wide}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|describing set or group with four components}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|дүртәү}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|четво́рка|f}}
* Catalan: {{tt|ca|qüern|f}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|quaterna|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt+|lt|ketveri|m}}, {{tt|lt|ketverios|f}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|czwórka|f}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|четвёрка|f}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt+|uk|четві́рка|f}}
}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====See also====
* [[Appendix:Cardinal numbers 0 to 9|Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages]]
* Last: [[three]], 3
* Next: [[five]], 5

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|countable}} The [[digit]] or [[figure]] 4; an occurrence thereof.
# {{lb|en|countable}} Anything measuring four [[unit]]s, as [[length]].
#: {{ux|en|Do you have any more '''fours'''? I want to make this a little taller.}}
# Four o'clock.
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Pigot and Co.'s National Commercial Directory for 1828-9, Comprising a Directory of the Merchants, Bankers, Professional Gentleman [...] in the Counties of Cheshire, Cumberland [...]|passage=Letters to Sheffield are despatched every morning at six, and arrive every afternoon at ten minutes past '''four'''.|year=1828|page=767|pageurl=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Pigot_and_co_s_national_commercial_direc/hdMHAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA767|publisher=J. Pigot & Co.|location=London; Manchester|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Pigot_and_co_s_national_commercial_direc/hdMHAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0}}
#* {{RQ:Carlyle Friedrich|chapter=IX|volume=VI|passage=Frederick, I presume, at this late hour of '''four''', may be snatching a morsel of dinner; {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=The Amphibians Came to Conquer: The Story of Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner|passage=The larger ships picked up the low lying atoll on their radar about '''four''' in the morning at distances from 16 to 26 miles.|year=1972|author=George Carroll Dyer|page=657|pageurl=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Amphibians_Came_to_Conquer/6ga4abz2UgMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA657|chapter=XVII|volume=2|ol=OL46887398M|publisher=U.S. Marine Corps|location=|edition=|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Amphibians_Came_to_Conquer/6ga4abz2UgMC?hl=en&gbpv=0}}
# A person who is four [[year]]s old.
#: {{ux|en|I'll take the threes, '''fours''' and fives and go to the playground.}}
# {{lb|en|cricket|countable}} An [[event]] in which the batsmen run four times between the wickets or, more often, a [[batsman]] hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a [[boundary]], resulting in an award of 4 [[run]]s for the batting team. If the ball does not bounce before passing over the boundary, a [[six]] is awarded instead.
# {{lb|en|basketball|countable}} A [[power forward]].
# {{lb|en|rowing}} Four-man [[sweep]] racing shell, with or without a [[coxswain]].
## The shell itself.
##: {{ux|en|The team bought a new '''four''' last season.}}
## The [[crew]] rowing in a four boat.
##: {{ux|en|Our '''four''' won both races.}}
## {{lb|en|colloquial}} A [[regatta]] event for four boats.
##: {{ux|en|We got third place in the varsity '''four'''.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} A four-[[pennyworth]] of spirits.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1887|author=Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|title=A Study in Scarlet|section=IV
|passage=I was a-strollin' down, thinkin' between ourselves how uncommon handy a '''four''' of gin hot would be, when suddenly the glint of a light caught my eye in the window of that same house.}}

====Derived terms====
* {{sense|numeral}} {{l|en|rouf}} {{qualifier|back slang}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|digit or figure 4}}{{multitrans|data=
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|չորս}}
* Asturian: {{tt+|ast|cuatro|m}}
* Basque: {{tt+|eu|lau}}
* Belarusian: {{tt|be|чацвёрка|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|четворка|f}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|quatre|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{tt+|yue|四|tr=sei3}}
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|四|tr=sì}}
* Danish: {{tt|da|firtal|n}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|vier|f}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|nelonen}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|quatre|m}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Vier|f}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|τέσσερα|n}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|quattro}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|四|tr=yon}}, {{t+|ja|フォー|tr=fō}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{tt|ckb|چوار}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt+|lt|ketvertas|m}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|четворка|f}}
* Papiamentu: {{tt|pap|kuater}}
* Pennsylvania German: {{tt|pdc|fierra}}, {{tt|pdc|vier}}, {{tt|pdc|viere}}, {{tt|pdc|fiah}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|czwórka|f}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|quatro|m}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|четвёрка|f}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|cuatro}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|fyra|c}}
* Tagalog: {{tt+|tl|apat}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|anything measuring four units}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|nelonen}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|four years old}}
* Finnish: {{tt|fi|nelivuotias}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|czterolatek|m}}, {{tt+|pl|czterolatka|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|in cricket}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|basketball: power forward|power forward}}

{{trans-top|rowing: four-man sweep racing shell or its crew}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|четворка|f}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|nelikko}}
* German: {{tt|de|Doppelvierer|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|four-pennyworth of spirits}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Romanian: {{t+check|ro|patru|m}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+check|uk|четві́рка|f}}
}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====See also====
{{lookfrom|en|four}}
{{table:playing cards/en}}

{{rel-top|Symbols of number four in various numeral systems}}
* {{w|Arabic numerals}}: 4
* {{w|Chinese numerals}}: 肆, 四
* {{w|Greek numerals}}: {{qualifier|uppercase}} Δ΄, {{qualifier|lowercase}} δ΄
* {{w|Roman numerals}}: IV or IIII
{{rel-bottom}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=foru|Rufo|furo|rouf|rufo-|uORF}}

{{topics|en|Four}}

==French==

===Etymology===
{{root|fr|ine-pro|*gʷʰer-}}
{{inh+|fr|frm|four}}, from {{inh|fr|fro|four}}, {{m|fro|forz}}, {{m|fro|forn}}, from {{inh|fr|la|furnus}}, from {{inh|fr|itc-pro|*fornos}}, from {{inh|fr|ine-pro|*gʷʰr̥-nós}}, from {{m|ine-pro|*gʷʰer-||warm, hot}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-four.ogg}}
* {{rhymes|fr|uʁ|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# [[oven]]
# [[stove]]
# [[flop]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|fr|au four}}
* {{l|fr|avoir une brioche au four}}
* {{l|fr|enfourner}}
* {{l|fr|être au four et au moulin}}
* {{l|fr|faire un four}}
* {{l|fr|four à micro-ondes}}
* {{l|fr|gant de four}}
* {{l|fr|noir comme dans un four}}
* {{l|fr|petit four}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|fr|fournaise}}
* {{l|fr|fourneau}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|lou|fou}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

{{C|fr|Home appliances}}

==Istriot==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ist|la|foris}}, {{m|la|foras}}. Compare {{cog|it|fuori}}, {{cog|fur|fûr}}, {{cog|dlm|fure}}, {{cog|vec|fora}}.

===Adverb===
{{head|ist|adverb}}

# [[out]], [[outside]]

===Preposition===
{{head|ist|preposition}}

# [[out]], [[outside]]

==Middle English==
{{number box|enm|4}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|enm|fore|feour|fower|fowwre|foure|fowr|vour}}

===Etymology===
{{dercat|enm|gmw-pro|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=3}}
From {{inh|enm|ang|feōwer}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|enm|/fɔu̯r/|/fuːr/}}<ref>{{R:enm:HbMEG|109|128}}</ref>
* {{IPA|enm|/ˈføːwər/|a=early}}

===Numeral===
{{head|enm|numeral}}

# [[#English|four]]<ref>{{R:MED Online|entry=four|pos=num|id=MED17475}}</ref>
#* {{RQ:Wycliffe NT Lichfield|book=Revelation|chapter=6|verse=8|leaf=119|side=r|column=1|passage=⁊ lo a pale hoꝛs .· and þe name was deþ to him þat ſat on hym and helle ſuede him / and power was ȝouen to him on '''foure''' partis of þe erþe .· to ſle with ſwerd / ⁊ wiþ hungur / ⁊ wiþ deþ / ⁊ wiþ beeſtis of þe erþe|translation=And lo! A pale horse, and the name was Death for who that sat on him, and hell trailed him. And power was given to him over '''four''' parts of the earth, to slay with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the earth's creatures.}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|enm|ferthe}}
* {{l|enm|fourtene}}
* {{l|enm|fourty}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|four}}
* {{desc|en-geo|fower}}
* {{desc|sco|fower}}
* {{desc|yol|vour|alts=1}}

====References====
<references/>

{{catlangname|enm|cardinal numbers}}
{{topics|enm|Four}}

==Norman==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|nrf|fou}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|nrf|fro|forn}}, from {{inh|nrf|la|furnus}}.

===Noun===
{{nrf-noun|m}}

# {{lb|nrf|Guernsey}} [[oven]]

{{topics|nrf|Cooking}}

==Walloon==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|wa|/fuːʀ/}}

===Noun===
{{wa-noun|m}}

# [[hay]]

{{topic|wa|Agriculture}}