1840s

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   the decade from 1840 to 1849

   Broaderdecade

Questions about 1840s

What does 1840s mean?

1840s means "the decade from 1840 to 1849".

How many syllables are in 1840s?

1840s has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is 1840s a common word?

1840s is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.