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seventieth

adj · noun · 5 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈsɛvnti.əθ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: S EH1 V AH0 N T IY0 IH0 TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

adj

Meaning 1

The ordinal form of the number seventy.

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

The person or thing in the seventieth position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • All the septuagenarians remembered their seventieths fondly.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

One of seventy equal parts of a whole.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

the ordinal number of seventy in counting order

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 70th

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

position 70 in a countable series of things

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rank

History

Etymology

From earlier seventeth, from Middle English seventiþe, seventithe; equivalent to seventy + -eth. For the modern form, see the etymological notes at twentieth.

Across languages

Translations

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sewentigste — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Albanian: shtatëdhjetë — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Southern Altai: јетенинчи (ǰeteninči) — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Armenian: յոթանասուներորդ (yotʻanasunerord) — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Azerbaijani: yetmişinci — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Belarusian: сямідзеся́ты (sjamidzjesjáty) — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Catalan: setantè — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 第七十 (dì qīshí) — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Czech: sedmdesátý — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Danish: halvfjerdsindstyvende — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Dutch: zeventigste — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Esperanto: sepdeka — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Estonian: seitsmekümnes — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Finnish: seitsemäskymmenes — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • French: soixante-dixième — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • French: septantième — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • West-Frisian: santichste — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Galician: septuagésimo — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Georgian: სამოცდამეათე (samocdameate) — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • German: siebzigste — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Greek: εβδομηκοστός (evdomikostós) — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Ancient Greek: ἑβδομηκοστός (hebdomēkostós) — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Haitian Creole: swasant — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Hindi: सत्तरवाँ (sattarvā̃) — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Hungarian: hetvenedik — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Indonesian: ketujuhpuluh — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Ingrian: seitsemäskymmenäs — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Interlingua: septantesime — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Interlingua: septagesime — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Irish: seachtó — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Italian: settantesimo — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Italian: settantesima — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Japanese: 第七十 (dai-nanajū) — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Kazakh: жетпісінші (jetpısınşı) — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Khakas: читонынӌы (çitonıncı) — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Korean: 일흔째 (ilheunjjae) — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Kyrgyz: жетимишинчи (jetimişinci) — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Latin: septuāgēsimus — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Latvian: septiņdesmitais — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Lithuanian: septyniasdešimtas — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Luxembourgish: siwwenzegst — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Malay: ketujuh puluh — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Malayalam: എഴുപതാം (eḻupatāṁ) — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Malayalam: എഴുപതാമത്തെ (eḻupatāmatte) — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Manchu: ᠨᠠᡩᠠᠨᠵᡠᠴᡳ (nadanjuci) — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Marathi: सत्तरावा (sattarāvā) — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Marathi: सत्तरावी (sattarāvī) — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Marathi: सत्तरावे (sattarāve) — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Middle English: seventithe — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: syttiende — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Occitan: setanten — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Persian: هفتادم (haftâdom) — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Polish: siedemdziesiąty — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Portuguese: setuagésimo — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Portuguese: setuagésima — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Romanian: al șaptezecilea — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Romanian: a șaptezecea — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Russian: семидесятый (semidesjatyj) — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Serbo-Croatian: sedamdeseti — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Shor: четтонынчы — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Slovak: sedemdesiaty — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Slovene: sedemdeseti — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Spanish: septuagésimo — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Swedish: sjuttionde — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Tagalog: pampitumpu — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Tajik: ҳафтодуми (haftodum-i) — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Turkish: yetmişinci — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Ukrainian: сімдесятий (simdesjatyj) — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Uzbek: yetmishinchi — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Vietnamese: thứ bảy mươi — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Yiddish: זיבעציקסט (zibetsikst) — ordinal form of the number seventy (70)
  • Finnish: seitsemäskymmenes — the person or thing in the seventieth position
  • French: soixante-dixième — the person or thing in the seventieth position
  • French: septantième — the person or thing in the seventieth position
  • German: Siebzigste — the person or thing in the seventieth position
  • Hindi: सत्तरवाँ (sattarvā̃) — the person or thing in the seventieth position
  • Italian: settantesimo — the person or thing in the seventieth position
  • Italian: settantesima — the person or thing in the seventieth position
  • Portuguese: setuagésimo — the person or thing in the seventieth position
  • Spanish: septuagésimo — the person or thing in the seventieth position
  • Swedish: sjuttionde — the person or thing in the seventieth position
  • Turkish: yetmişinci — the person or thing in the seventieth position
  • Finnish: seitsemäskymmenesosa — one of seventy equal parts of a whole
  • French: soixante-dixième — one of seventy equal parts of a whole
  • French: septantième — one of seventy equal parts of a whole
  • German: Siebzigstel — one of seventy equal parts of a whole
  • Hindi: सत्तरवाँ (sattarvā̃) — one of seventy equal parts of a whole
  • Italian: settantesimo — one of seventy equal parts of a whole
  • Portuguese: setenta avos — one of seventy equal parts of a whole
  • Russian: семидесятая — one of seventy equal parts of a whole
  • Spanish: setentavo — one of seventy equal parts of a whole
  • Swedish: sjuttiondel — one of seventy equal parts of a whole
  • Yiddish: זיבעציקסטל (zibetsikstl) — one of seventy equal parts of a whole