forty-niner

for·ty-nin·er

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [fawr-tee nahy-ner]
- /ˈfɔr ti ˈnaɪ nər/
- /ˈfɔː.ti ˈnaɪ.nə(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fawr-tee nahy-ner]
- /ˈfɔr ti ˈnaɪ nər/

Definitions of forty-niner word

noun forty-niner a person, especially a prospector, who went to California in 1849 during the gold rush. 1
noun forty-niner a prospector who took part in the California gold rush of 1849 0
noun forty-niner a type of dinghy, designed to be crewed by two people 0
noun forty-niner a person who went to California in the gold rush of 1849 0
noun forty-niner (historical) A miner or other person who took part in the California gold rush of 1849. 0

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Origin of forty-niner

First appearance:

before 1850

One of the 32% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1850-55

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Parts of speech for Forty-niner

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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forty-niner popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for forty-niner

noun forty-niner

bloodsucker — A bloodsucker is any creature that sucks blood from a wound that it has made in an animal or person.
leech — Margaret, 1893–1974, U.S. historian, novelist, and biographer.
parasite — an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
sponge — any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies.
user — the exercise of a right to the enjoyment of property.

All 7 Synonyms of forty-niner