Standard Lemma guide

septuagenarian

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˌsɛptəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/
  • General-American: /ˌsɛptəwəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/
  • General-American: /ˌsɛpt͡ʃəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/
  • General-American: /ˌsɛpt͡ʃəwəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsɛptjʊəd͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹɪən/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsɛpt͡ʃəd͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹɪən/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsɛpt͡ʃʊəd͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹɪən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S EH0 P CH UW2 AH0 JH AH0 N EH1 R IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or related to seventysomethings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of seventysomething: a person between 70 and 79 years old.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: seventysomething

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

someone whose age is in the seventies

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: oldster, old person, senior citizen, golden ager

History

Etymology

From Latin septuagenarius (“containing 70”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives and representative nouns), either directly or via French septuagénaire, from Latin septuagenus (“70 each”) + -arius (“-ary”), from Latin septuāginta (“seven tens, 70”).

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 古稀 (gǔxī) — Of or related to people between 70 and 79 years of age
  • Hungarian: hetvenes (éveiben járó) — Of or related to people between 70 and 79 years of age
  • Hungarian: hetvenvalahány éves — Of or related to people between 70 and 79 years of age
  • Hungarian: hetvenedik születésnapját betöltött — Of or related to people between 70 and 79 years of age
  • Portuguese: septuagenário — Of or related to people between 70 and 79 years of age
  • Swedish: 70-nånting- — Of or related to people between 70 and 79 years of age