Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seventy-ninth

/ˌsɛvənti ˈnaɪnθ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables: sev-en-ty-ninth
IPA: /ˌsɛvənti ˈnaɪnθ/

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

The ordinal form of the number seventy-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 79 of a sequence.

noun

One of seventy-nine equal parts of a whole.

Example Sentences

"The answer appears on the seventy-ninth page of the book."
"She finished seventy-ninth in the race."
"A seventy-ninth of 1580 is 20."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

seventy-ninths (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce seventy-ninth?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɛvənti ˈnaɪnθ/.
What does seventy-ninth mean?: The ordinal form of the number seventy-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 79 of a sequence.
Where does seventy-ninth come from?: From seventy-nine + -th (ordinal suffix).

How to pronounce seventy-ninth

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