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Translation of 42 in Latin
The Latin translation of the word forty-two is as follows: Quadraginta duo The word for forty-two or 42 represents a cardinal number that conveys "how many". Quadraginta duo is the correct form of the word which means forty-two, there are no gender distinctions after three. Cardinal numbers are also known as "counting numbers," because they show quantity. Examples of English ordinal numbers are "first", "second" or "third". Forty-second in Latin is quadragesimus secundus. | Quadraginta
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42 in Latin - Roman Numerals
Roman numerals are script letters that are used to represent numbers. The Roman numeral of 42 is the name for a number when it is written in the way the Romans used to write numbers. The Roman numeral for this number is as follows: XLII If a lower value symbol is after a higher value number, it is added so VI = 6. If a lower value symbol is before a higher value number, it is subtracted so IV = 4. A number with a line over it means to multiply it by 1000. | XLII |
Quadraginta duo or 42 in Latin
The number 42 translates to the word Quadraginta duo. Forty-second is quadragesimus secundus. The English-Latin translation of this number is:
| 42 | XLII | | Forty-two | Quadraginta duo | | 42nd | quadragesimus secundus |
Latin numerals are composed of just seven letters: I, V, X, L, C, D and M. The ancient Romans did not use a zero and there is no singular form for most of the numbers. | |
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