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seventy-nine

num · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

num

Meaning 1

The cardinal number immediately following seventy-eight and preceding eighty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

being nine more than seventy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 79, ilxxx

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: nege-en-sewentig — 79
  • Arabic: تِسْعَة وَسَبْعُون (tisʕa wa-sabʕūn) — 79
  • Armenian: յոթանասունինը (yotʻanasuninə) — 79
  • Azerbaijani: yetmiş doqquz — 79
  • Basque: hirurogeita hemeretzi — 79
  • Belarusian: се́мдзесят дзе́вяць (sjémdzjesjat dzjévjacʹ) — 79
  • Catalan: setanta-nou — 79
  • Cherokee: ᎦᎵᏆᏍᎪ ᏐᏁᎳ (galiquasgo sonela) — 79
  • Dutch: negenenzeventig — 79
  • Esperanto: sepdek naŭ — 79
  • Finnish: seitsemänkymmentäyhdeksän — 79
  • French: soixante-dix-neuf — 79
  • French: septante-neuf — 79
  • Galician: setenta e nove — 79
  • Georgian: სამოცდაცხრამეტი (samocdacxrameṭi) — 79
  • German: neunundsiebzig — 79
  • Greek: εβδομήντα εννέα (evdomínta ennéa) — 79
  • Hebrew: שבעים־ותשעה (šivím və-téyša) — 79
  • Hindi: उन्यासी (unyāsī) — 79
  • Hindi: उनासी (unāsī) — 79
  • Hungarian: hetvenkilenc — 79
  • Italian: settantanove — 79
  • Japanese: 七十九 — 79
  • Korean: 일흔아홉 (ilheunahop) — 79
  • Korean: 칠십구 (chilsipgu) — 79
  • Lao: ເຈັດສິບເກົ້າ (chet sip kao) — 79
  • Latin: undeoctoginta — 79
  • Malay: tujuh puluh sembilan — 79
  • Malayalam: എഴുപത്തി ഒമ്പത് (eḻupatti ompatŭ) — 79
  • Manchu: ᠨᠠᡩᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡠᠶᡠᠨ (nadanju uyun) — 79
  • Navajo: tsostsʼidiin dóó baʼąą náhástʼéí — 79
  • Norwegian: syttini — 79
  • Polish: siedemdziesiąt dziewięć — 79
  • Portuguese: setenta e nove — 79
  • Punjabi: ਉਣਾਸੀ (uṇāsī) — 79
  • Romanian: șaptezeci și nouă — 79
  • Russian: се́мьдесят де́вять (sémʹdesjat dévjatʹ) — 79
  • Sanskrit: नवसप्तति (navasaptati) — 79
  • Sanskrit: एकोनाशीति (ekonāśīti) — 79
  • Spanish: setenta y nueve — 79
  • Swahili: sabini na tisa — 79
  • Tagalog: pitumpu't siyam — 79
  • Tok Pisin: sevenpela ten nain — 79
  • Turkish: yetmiş dokuz — 79
  • Urdu: اناسی (unāsī) — 79
  • Urdu: انیاسی (unyāsī) — 79
  • Yup'ik: yuinaat pingayun qula qulngunritaraan — 79