quarante-huit

Meanings

Numeric

1. forty-eight

Examples5

Ils n'ont pas dormi depuis quarante-huit heures.

They haven't slept for forty-eight hours.

Il bâtit quarante-huit forts.

He built forty-eight forts.

Cette série de livres comporte quarante-huit tomes.

This series of books comprises forty-eight volumes.

Je n'ai rien mangé de consistant depuis quarante-huit heures.

I haven't eaten anything substantial in 48 hours.

Quarante-huit marins sont à bord.

Forty-eight sailors are on board.