English Explanatory Dictionary

seventy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

num
  1. The cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine and before seventy-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXX and in Arabic numerals as 70.
name
  1. The translators of the Septuagint

Pronunciation

/ˈsɛv.ən.ti/ /ˈsɛv.ən.di/ en-us-seventy.ogg

Word forms

seventy 70 LXX

Etymology

From Middle English seventy, sevynty, from Old English hundseofontiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sebuntēhundą (“seventy”), equivalent to seven + -ty. Cognate with Scots seiventy (“seventy”), Saterland Frisian soogentich (“seventy”), West Frisian santich (“seventy”), Dutch zeventig (“seventy”), German Low German söventig (“seventy”), German siebzig (“seventy”), Swedish sjuttio (“seventy”), Norwegian sytti (“seventy”), Icelandic sjötíu (“seventy”).

Synonyms

threescore and ten

Related words

sixty-nine sixty seventy-one eighty

Derived words

seventies Seventy seventy-eight seventy-eighth seventy-eleven seventy-fifth seventy-first seventy-five seventyfold seventy-four seventy-fourth seventyish seventy-nine seventy-ninth seventyodd seventy-one seventy-second seventy-seven seventy-seventh seventy-six seventy-sixth seventysomething seventy-something seventy-third seventy-three seventy-two
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