Four times ten; ten more than thirty, or one more than thirty-nine: a cardinal numeral.The sum of four tens, or of thirty-nine and one.A symbol representing this number, as 40, XL, or xl.The name (with qualifying terms) of two appellate civil tribunals and a criminal court in the Venetian republic.A collective designation of the members of the French Academy, forty in number. Also called the Forty Immortals.