Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seventy-seventh

/ˌsɛvənti ˈsɛvənθ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables: sev-en-ty--sev-enth
IPA: /ˌsɛvənti ˈsɛvənθ/

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

The ordinal form of the number seventy-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 77 of a sequence.

noun

One of seventy-seven equal parts of a whole.

Example Sentences

"The answer appears on the seventy-seventh page of the book."
"She finished seventy-seventh in the race."
"A seventy-seventh of 1540 is 20."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

seventy-sevenths (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce seventy-seventh?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɛvənti ˈsɛvənθ/.
What does seventy-seventh mean?: The ordinal form of the number seventy-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 77 of a sequence.
Where does seventy-seventh come from?: From seventy-seven + -th (ordinal suffix).

How to pronounce seventy-seventh

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