IV.

See also: Appendix:Variations of "iv"

Translingual

Alternative forms

• IV, IIII, iv, iiii

Numeral

IV. (upper case Roman numeral)

1. Fourth, especially in the names of monarchs or popes the fourth.
   • 1842, Samuel Maunder, The Biographical Treasury; […], 4th edition (in English), London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, Paternoster Row, page 464, column 1:

     KNIGHTON, Sir William, bart., a physician and private secretary to George IV., originally entered the medical profession as an apothecary at Tavistock, but soon removed to London, where he first practised as an accoucheur, but afterwards, having obtained his diploma, as an accoucheur and physician.

Usage notes

• In languages with inflection, "IV." might represent multiple inflected forms.

See also

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