fortysomething en · NOUN
Etymology
From forty + -something.
Meanings
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(colloquial, countable) A person between 40 and 49 years old.
She was a sprightly fortysomething.
Some people console themselves with the thought that, basically, worse things happen at sea: in middle-class Britain today, particularly familied fortysomethings, it’s Chicken-Licken time.
2015 September 13, Euan Ferguson, “The week in TV: Doctor Foster; Beck; Ballers; Hunted; The Queen’s Longest Reign: Elizabeth and Victoria”, in The Observer:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| forty-something | alternative | lexicographic | |
| fortysomethings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
ninetysomething (90–99) · quinquagenarian (50–59) · eightysomething (80–89) · twentysomething (20–29) · seventysomething (70–79) · supercentenarian (110+) · semicentenarian (50–59) · sexagenarian (60–69) · nonagenarian (90–99) · septuagenarian (70–79) · vicenarian (20–29) · centenarian (100–199) · teen (13–19) · tricenarian (30–39) · sixtysomething (60–69) · semisupercentenarian (105–109) · fiftysomething (50–59) · octogenarian (80–89) · thirtysomething (30–39)
Synonyms
Translations (15)
no i førtiåra (A person between 40 and 49 years in age) · ja 四十代 (A person between 40 and 49 years in age) · es cuarentón (A person between 40 and 49 years in age) · es cuadragenario (A person between 40 and 49 years in age) · de Vierzigjährige (A person between 40 and 49 years in age) · hu negyvenes (A person between 40 and 49 years in age) · es cuarentañero (A person between 40 and 49 years in age) · pl czterdziestolatek (A person between 40 and 49 years in age) · fr quadragénaire (A person between 40 and 49 years in age) · pl czterdziestolatka (A person between 40 and 49 years in age) · cs čtyřicátník (A person between 40 and 49 years in age) · tl apatnapuin (A person between 40 and 49 years in age) · no i førtiårene (A person between 40 and 49 years in age) · de Vierzigjähriger (A person between 40 and 49 years in age) · fi nelikymppinen (A person between 40 and 49 years in age)