fower

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English fowere, foware, fowar; equivalent to fow +‎ -er.

Noun

fower (plural fowers)

  1. (Early Modern, obsolete) One who cleans (fows), as in cooking utensils or house maintenance.

Etymology 2

Middle English four, fower, from Old English fēower. In the NATO phonetic alphabet, the two-syllable pronunciation avoids confusion with other digits.

Numeral

fower

  1. (Tyneside) four

Noun

fower (uncountable)

  1. The digit 4 in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

Middle English

Numeral

fower

  1. Alternative form of four

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English fower, from Old English feōwer, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [fʌur], [ˈfʌuər]
  • (Southwestern Scotland) IPA(key): [fuwr]

Numeral
cardinal number
4 Previous: three
Next: five

fower

  1. four

Derived terms
  • fowert (“fourth”)

References
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