Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seventy-eighth

/ˌsɛvənti ˈeɪ(t)θ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables: sev-en-ty-eighth
IPA: /ˌsɛvənti ˈeɪ(t)θ/

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

The ordinal form of the number seventy-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 78 of a sequence.

noun

One of seventy-eight equal parts of a whole.

Example Sentences

"The answer appears on the seventy-eighth page of the book."
"She finished seventy-eighth in the race."
"A seventy-eighth of 1560 is 20."

Etymology

From seventy-eight + -th (ordinal suffix).

Inflected Forms

seventy-eighths (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce seventy-eighth?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɛvənti ˈeɪ(t)θ/.
What does seventy-eighth mean?: The ordinal form of the number seventy-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 78 of a sequence.
Where does seventy-eighth come from?: From seventy-eight + -th (ordinal suffix).

How to pronounce seventy-eighth

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