| Arabic |
| lexicalization | ara: عقد 1940 |
| Aragonese |
| lexicalization | arg: Decenio de 1940 |
| Asturian |
| has gloss | ast: Fechos Los años 1940 vieron la mayor parte y l'acabu de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, asina como les sos consecuencies. |
| lexicalization | ast: Años 1940 |
| Bavarian |
| lexicalization | bar: 1940er |
| Belarusian |
| has gloss | bel: 1940-я |
| lexicalization | bel: 1940-я |
| Bosnian |
| lexicalization | bos: 1940te |
| Breton |
| lexicalization | bre: Bloavezhioù 1940 |
| Catalan |
| lexicalization | cat: Dècada del 1940 |
| Czech |
| has gloss | ces: Roky 1940-1949, souhrnně zvané 40. léta 20. století, jsou obdobím, v němž se odehrála druhá světová válka, poválečná obnova většiny zemí, a v němž začala Studená válka. |
| lexicalization | ces: čtyřicátá léta |
| lexicalization | ces: 1940-1949 |
| Chuvash |
| lexicalization | chv: 1940-мĕш çулсем |
| Welsh |
| has gloss | cym: 19eg ganrif - 20fed ganrif - 21ain ganrif 1890au 1900au 1910au 1920au 1930au - 1940au - 1950au 1960au 1970au 1980au 1990au 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 |
| lexicalization | cym: 1940au |
| Danish |
| has gloss | dan: Århundreder: 19. århundrede - 20. århundrede - 21. århundrede |
| lexicalization | dan: 1940'erne |
| German |
| lexicalization | deu: 1940er |
| Modern Greek (1453-) |
| has gloss | ell: 19ος αιώνας | 20ος αιώνας | 21ος αιώνας |
| lexicalization | ell: Δεκαετία 1940 |
| Esperanto |
| lexicalization | epo: 1940-aj jaroj |
| Estonian |
| has gloss | est: 1940. aastad |
| lexicalization | est: 1940. aastad |
| Basque |
| has gloss | eus: 1940ko hamarkadak 1940etik 1949. urtera bitarteko iraupena du, biak barne. |
| lexicalization | eus: 1940ko hamarkada |
| Persian |
| lexicalization | fas: دهه ۱۹۴۰ |
| Finnish |
| lexicalization | fin: 1940-luku |
| lexicalization | fin: nelikymmenluku |
| lexicalization | fin: neljäkymmentäluku |
| French |
| has gloss | fra: Les années 1940 couvrent la période de 1940 à 1949. Événements * Seconde Guerre mondiale * Guerre d'Indochine |
| lexicalization | fra: Annees 1940 |
| lexicalization | fra: années 1940 |
| Gan Chinese |
| has gloss | gan: 1940年代係指年到年之間嗰十年。 |
| lexicalization | gan: 1940年代 |
| Gaelic |
| lexicalization | gla: 1940an |
| lexicalization | gla: 1940s |
| Irish |
| has gloss | gle: | align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" | Aois: 19ú haois - 20ú haois - 21ú haois |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Deichniúra: 1910í 1920í 1930í - 1940í - 1950í 1960í 1970í |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Blianta 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 |} Imeachtaí agus treochtaí * An Dara Cogadh Domhanda |
| lexicalization | gle: 1940idí |
| Serbo-Croatian |
| lexicalization | hbs: 1940e |
| Hebrew |
| has gloss | heb: שנות ה-40 של המאה ה-20 היו העשור שבין 1 בינואר 1940 עד 30 בדצמבר 1949. |
| lexicalization | heb: שנות ה-40 של המאה ה-20 |
| Croatian |
| lexicalization | hrv: 1940-ih |
| Hungarian |
| lexicalization | hun: 1940-es évek |
| Ido |
| lexicalization | ido: 1940a yari |
| Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association) |
| lexicalization | ina: Annos 1940 |
| Indonesian |
| lexicalization | ind: 1940-an |
| Icelandic |
| lexicalization | isl: 1941-1950 |
| lexicalization | isl: 1941–1950 |
| Italian |
| has gloss | ita: Gli anni 1940, comunemente chiamati anni quaranta, sono il decennio che comprende gli anni tra il 1940 e il 1949. |
| lexicalization | ita: Anni 1940 |
| Javanese |
| lexicalization | jav: 1940-an |
| Lojban |
| lexicalization | jbo: 194xymoi |
| Japanese |
| has gloss | jpn: 年表: 19世紀 - 20世紀 - 21世紀 : 100年前 50年前 - 50年後 100年後 |
| lexicalization | jpn: 1940年代 |
| Georgian |
| lexicalization | kat: 1940-იანები |
| Kazakh |
| lexicalization | kaz: 1940 жж. |
| Komi |
| has gloss | kom: Сюрс ӧкмыссё нелямынӧд вояс - 1941 восянь 1950 воӧдз. |
| lexicalization | kom: 1940-ӧд вояс |
| Korean |
| has gloss | kor: | align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" | align="center"| 세기 18세기 19세기 - 20세기 - 21세기 22세기 |- | align="center"| 연대 1920년대 1930년대 - 1940년대 - 1950년대 1960년대 |- | align="center"| 해 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 |} |
| lexicalization | kor: 1940년대 |
| Kölsch |
| has gloss | ksh: De 1940-jo Joohre sinn_e Jozeent_jewääse. |
| lexicalization | ksh: 1940-er Joohre |
| lexicalization | ksh: 1940er Joohre |
| Latin |
| lexicalization | lat: Decennium 195 |
| Latvian |
| has gloss | lav: 1940. gadi ir gadu desmits jeb dekāde, kura sākās 1940. gadā un beidzās 1949. gadā. Bieži vien šie gadi tiek saukti par četrdesmitajiem. |
| lexicalization | lav: 1940. gadi |
| Ligurian |
| has gloss | lij: Gli anni 1940 sun u deçennio che comprendan gli anni tra u 1940 e u 1949. |
| lexicalization | lij: Anni 1940 |
| Lithuanian |
| has gloss | lit: XX amžiaus penktasis dešimtmetis prasidėjo 1941 metais ir baigėsi 1950 metais. |
| lexicalization | lit: XX amžiaus 5-as dešimtmetis |
| Malayalam |
| lexicalization | mal: 1940-കള് |
| Marathi |
| lexicalization | mar: इ.स.चे १९४० चे दशक |
| Macedonian |
| lexicalization | mkd: 1940-ти |
| Maltese |
| lexicalization | mlt: 1940s |
| Malay (macrolanguage) |
| lexicalization | msa: 1940-an |
| Burmese |
| lexicalization | mya: ၁၉၄၀ ဆယ်စုနှစ် |
| Nahuatl languages |
| has gloss | nah: Los años 1940s fueron una década que abarcó los años 1941 a 1950. |
| lexicalization | nah: 1940s |
| Min Nan Chinese |
| has gloss | nan: 1940 nî-tāi sī 1940 nî kàu 1949 nî ê 10 tang. |
| lexicalization | nan: 1940 nî-tāi |
| Dutch |
| lexicalization | nld: 1940-1949 |
| Norwegian Nynorsk |
| lexicalization | nno: 1940-åra |
| Norwegian |
| lexicalization | nor: 1940-årene |
| lexicalization | nor: Hendelser i 1940-årene |
| Occitan (post 1500) |
| lexicalization | oci: Ans 1940 |
| Ossetian |
| lexicalization | oss: 1940-тæ |
| Kapampangan |
| lexicalization | pam: 1940s |
| Polish |
| has gloss | pol: Lata 40. XX wieku |
| lexicalization | pol: Lata 40. XX wieku |
| Portuguese |
| has gloss | por: Século: Século XIX - Século XX - Século XXI |
| lexicalization | por: Década de 1940 |
| Quechua |
| has gloss | que: 1940 watakuna nisqa chunkantin watakunaqa 1 ñiqin qhulla puquy killapi 1940 watapi qallarirqan. 31 ñiqin qhapaq raymi killapi 1949 watapi puchukarqan. |
| lexicalization | que: 1940 watakuna |
| Moldavian |
| has gloss | ron: Secole: Secolul XIX - Secolul XX - Secolul XXI |
| lexicalization | ron: Anii 1940 |
| Russian |
| lexicalization | rus: 1940-е |
| Yakut |
| has gloss | sah: 1940-с сыллар. |
| lexicalization | sah: 1940-с |
| Sicilian |
| has gloss | scn: | align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Dicini: 1920ini - 1930ini - 1940ini - 1950ini - 1960ini |- | align="center" | Sèculi: Sèculu XIX - Sèculu XX - Sèculu XXI |} |
| lexicalization | scn: 1940ini |
| Slovak |
| has gloss | slk: | align="right" cellpadding="3" id="toc" style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" | Storočia: 19. storočie - 20. storočie - 21. storočie |- | align="center" colspan="2" | Dekády: 30. roky 20. storočia - 40. roky 20. storočia - 50. roky 20. storočia |- | align="center" colspan="2" | Roky: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 |} |
| lexicalization | slk: 40. roky 20. storočia |
| Slovenian |
| has gloss | slv: Stoletja: 19. stoletje - 20. stoletje - 21. stoletje |
| lexicalization | slv: 1940. leta |
| lexicalization | slv: 1940. |
| Northern Sami |
| has gloss | sme: | align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" | Jagit: 1940 - 1941 - 1942 - 1943 - 1944 - 1945 - 1946 - 1947 - 1948 - 1949 |- | align="center" | Logijagit: 1920-lohku - 1930-lohku - 1940-lohku - 1950-lohku - 1960-lohku |- | align="center" | Jahkečuođit: 1800-lohku - 1900-lohku - 2000-lohku |} |
| lexicalization | sme: 1940-lohku |
| Castilian |
| lexicalization | spa: Anos 1940 |
| lexicalization | spa: Años 1940 |
| Albanian |
| has gloss | sqi: Mbi vitet 1940. |
| lexicalization | sqi: Vitet 1940 |
| Serbian |
| has gloss | srp: 19. век | 20. век | 21. век 1910е | 1920е | 1930е | 1940е | 1950е | 1960е | 1970е 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 |
| lexicalization | srp: 1940-е |
| lexicalization | srp: 1940е |
| Sundanese |
| lexicalization | sun: 1940-an |
| Swedish |
| lexicalization | swe: 1940 talet |
| lexicalization | swe: 1940-talet |
| Tamil |
| has gloss | tam: 1940கள் என்றழைக்கப் படும் பத்தாண்டு 1940ஆம் ஆண்டு துவங்கி 1949-இல் முடிவடைந்தது. |
| lexicalization | tam: 1940கள் |
| Tatar |
| has gloss | tat: ul 1940.–1949. yıllarınnan tora torğan unyıllıq yomğağı. |
| lexicalization | tat: 1940. yıllar |
| Telugu |
| lexicalization | tel: 1940లు |
| Tagalog |
| lexicalization | tgl: Dekada 1940 |
| Thai |
| lexicalization | tha: คริสต์ทศวรรษ 1940 |
| Turkmen |
| lexicalization | tuk: 1940ýý |
| Turkish |
| lexicalization | tur: 1940'lar |
| Ukrainian |
| lexicalization | ukr: 1940-ві |
| Uzbek |
| has gloss | uzb: 1940-lar |
| lexicalization | uzb: 1940-lar |
| Vietnamese |
| has gloss | vie: Thập niên 1940 hay thập kỷ 1940 chỉ đến những năm từ 1940 đến 1949, kể cả hai năm đó. Không chính thức, nó cũng có thể bao gồm vài năm vào cuối thập niên trước hay vào đầu thập niên sau. |
| lexicalization | vie: Thập niên 1940 |
| Vlaams |
| lexicalization | vls: 1940-1949 |
| Walloon |
| has gloss | wln: 19inme sieke | 20inme sieke | 21inme sieke |
| lexicalization | wln: Anêyes 1940 |
| Yiddish |
| has gloss | yid: | align=center cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" | יארהונדערטער: 19טער י"ה - 20טער י"ה - 21סטער י"ה |- | align="center" colspan=2 | צענדליקער: 1900ער - 1910ער - 1920ער - 1930ער - 1940ער - 1950ער - 1960ער - 1970ער - 1980ער |- | align="center" colspan=2 | יארן: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 |} |
| lexicalization | yid: 1940ער |
| Yue Chinese |
| has gloss | yue: 1940年代，又叫二十世紀四十年代，係指1940年去到1949年之間嗰十年。而呢個時期最重要嘅事係第二次世界大戰，戰後改變咗成個世界嘅格局，各個國家嘅關係。 |
| lexicalization | yue: 1940年代 |
| Chinese |
| has gloss | zho: ---- 1940年代，前半期為第二次世界大戰，1945年，二戰結束，之後美蘇兩國成為世界超级强国，因而導致了冷戰，美蘇兩國間的對立，影響了日後數十年的世界局勢。 |
| lexicalization | zho: 1940年代 |
