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seventy-eight

noun · num · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A gramophone record designed to be rotated at 78 revolutions per minute; a 78

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

num

Meaning 2

The cardinal number immediately following seventy-seven and preceding seventy-nine.

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Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

being eight more than seventy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 78, lxxviii

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a shellac based phonograph record that played at 78 revolutions per minute

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 78

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc, platter

5

noun

Meaning 5

the cardinal number that is the sum of seventy and eight

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 78, LXXVIII

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: large integer

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: agt-en-sewentig — 78
  • Arabic: ثَمَانِيَة وَسَبْعُون (ṯamāniya wa-sabʕūn) — 78
  • Arabic: ٧٨ — 78
  • Armenian: յոթանասունութ (yotʻanasunutʻ) — 78
  • Azerbaijani: yetmiş səkkiz — 78
  • Basque: hirurogeita hemezortzi — 78
  • Basque: hirurogeita hamazortzi — 78
  • Belarusian: се́мдзесят во́сем (sjémdzjesjat vósjem) — 78
  • Bengali: আটাত্তর (aṭattor) — 78
  • Bulgarian: седемдесет и осем (sedemdeset i osem) — 78
  • Catalan: setanta-vuit — 78
  • Catalan: setanta-huit — 78
  • Cherokee: ᎦᎵᏆᏍᎪ ᏧᏁᎳ (galiquasgo tsunela) — 78
  • Chinese Mandarin: 七十八 (qīshíbā) — 78
  • Esperanto: sepdek ok — 78
  • Finnish: seitsemänkymmentäkahdeksan — 78
  • French: soixante-dix-huit — 78
  • Galician: setenta e oito — 78
  • Georgian: სამოცდათვრამეტი (samocdatvrameṭi) — 78
  • German: achtundsiebzig — 78
  • Greek: εβδομήντα οκτώ (evdomínta októ) — 78
  • Hebrew: שבעים־ושמנה (šivím və-šmoná) — 78
  • Hindi: अठहत्तर (aṭhhattar) — 78
  • Hungarian: hetvennyolc — 78
  • Italian: settantotto — 78
  • Japanese: 七十八 — 78
  • Korean: 일흔여덟 (ilheunyeodeol) — 78
  • Korean: 칠십팔 (chilsip'pal) — 78
  • Lao: ເຈັດສິບແປດ (chet sip pǣt) — 78
  • Latin: duodeoctoginta — 78
  • Malay: tujuh puluh lapan — 78
  • Malayalam: എഴുപത്തെട്ട് (eḻupatteṭṭŭ) — 78
  • Malayalam: എഴുപത്തി എട്ട് (eḻupatti eṭṭŭ) — 78
  • Manchu: ᠨᠠᡩᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨ (nadanju jakūn) — 78
  • Navajo: tsostsʼidiin dóó baʼąą tseebíí — 78
  • Polish: siedemdziesiąt osiem — 78
  • Portuguese: setenta e oito — 78
  • Punjabi: ਅਠੱਤਰ (aṭhattar) — 78
  • Romanian: șaptezeci și opt — 78
  • Romanian: 78 — 78
  • Russian: се́мьдесят во́семь (sémʹdesjat vósemʹ) — 78
  • Sanskrit: अष्टसप्तति (aṣṭasaptati) — 78
  • Sanskrit: अष्टासप्तति (aṣṭāsaptati) — 78
  • Spanish: setenta y ocho — 78
  • Swahili: sabini na nane — 78
  • Tok Pisin: sevenpela ten et — 78
  • Turkish: yetmiş sekiz — 78
  • Urdu: اٹھہتر (aṭhhattar) — 78
  • Yup'ik: yuinaat pingayun qula pingayunlegen — 78