seventy
numUS /ˈsɛv.ən.di/ · /ˈsɛv.ən.ti/
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”).
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The cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine and before seventy-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXX and in Arabic numerals as 70.
- Synonyms
- threescore and ten
- Derived terms
26 terms
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- Related terms
- sixty-nine, sixty, seventy-one, eighty