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seventy-two

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-one and preceding seventy-three.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

being two more than seventy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 72, lxxii

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: twee-en-sewentig — 72
  • Arabic: اِثْنَان وَسَبْعُون (iṯnān wa-sabʕūn) — 72
  • Armenian: յոթանասուներկու (yotʻanasunerku) — 72
  • Azerbaijani: yetmiş iki — 72
  • Basque: hirurogeita hamabi — 72
  • Belarusian: се́мдзесят два (sjémdzjesjat dva) — 72
  • Bengali: বাহাত্তর (bahattor) — 72
  • Breton: daouzek ha tri-ugent — 72
  • Bulgarian: седемдесет и две (sedemdeset i dve) — 72
  • Catalan: setanta-dos — 72
  • Chechen: кхузткъе шийтта (quztqʼe šiı̇tta) — 72
  • Cherokee: ᎦᎵᏆᏍᎪ ᏔᎵ (galiquasgo tali) — 72
  • Chinese Mandarin: 七十二 (qīshí'èr) — 72
  • Dutch: tweeënzeventig — 72
  • Esperanto: sepdek du — 72
  • Finnish: seitsemänkymmentäkaksi — 72
  • French: soixante-douze — 72
  • Galician: setenta e dous — 72
  • Georgian: სამოცდათორმეტი (samocdatormeṭi) — 72
  • German: zweiundsiebzig — 72
  • Greek: εβδομήντα δύο (evdomínta dýo) — 72
  • Hebrew: שבעים־ושנים (šivím və-šnáyim) — 72
  • Hindi: बहत्तर (bahattar) — 72
  • Hungarian: hetvenkettő — 72
  • Italian: settantadue — 72
  • Japanese: 七十二 — 72
  • Korean: 일흔둘 (ilheundul) — 72
  • Korean: 칠십이 (chilsibi) — 72
  • Lao: ເຈັດສິບສອງ (chet sip sǭng) — 72
  • Latin: septuaginta duo — 72
  • Malay: tujuh puluh dua — 72
  • Malayalam: എഴുപത്തിരണ്ട് (eḻupattiraṇṭŭ) — 72
  • Manchu: ᠨᠠᡩᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᠵᡠᠸᡝ (nadanju juwe) — 72
  • Navajo: tsostsʼidiin dóó baʼąą naaki — 72
  • Polish: siedemdziesiąt dwa — 72
  • Portuguese: setenta e dois — 72
  • Punjabi: ਬਹੱਤਰ (bahattar) — 72
  • Romanian: șaptezeci și doi — 72
  • Russian: се́мьдесят два (sémʹdesjat dva) — 72
  • Sanskrit: द्विसप्तति (dvisaptati) — 72
  • Slovene: dvainsedemdeset — 72
  • Spanish: setenta y dos — 72
  • Swahili: sabini na mbili — 72
  • Swedish: sjuttiotvå — 72
  • Tok Pisin: sevenpela ten tu — 72
  • Turkish: yetmiş iki — 72
  • Ukrainian: сімдеся́т два́ (simdesját dvá) — 72
  • Urdu: بہتر (bahattar) — 72
  • Yup'ik: yuinaat pingayun qula malruk — 72
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