How do you pronounce seventy?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɛv.ən.di/.

Where does seventy come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

seventy

/ˈsɛv.ən.di/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables: sev-en-ty
IPA: /ˈsɛv.ən.di/

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Meaning

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The cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine and before seventy-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXX and in Arabic numerals as 70.

name

The translators of the Septuagint

Example Sentences

"The Seventy have totally miſrepreſented Iſaiah viii.14, 15 […]."
"It was impossible to avoid pagan terminology altogether, however, and the Seventy relaxed their vigilance when dealing with poetry."
"Jerome could accommodate himself to the ecclesiastical consensus, but he expresses clearly and trenchantly his critical opinion that the Seventy were not inspired […]."

Etymology

From Middle English seventy, sevynty, from Old English hundseofontiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sebuntēhundą (“seventy”), equivalent to seven + -ty. Cognate with Scots seiventy (“seventy”), Saterland Frisian soogentich (“seventy”), West Frisian santich (“seventy”), Dutch zeventig (“seventy”), German Low German söventig (“seventy”), German siebzig (“seventy”), Swedish sjuttio (“seventy”), Norwegian sytti (“seventy”), Icelandic sjötíu (“seventy”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: seventy, hundseofontiġ, *sebuntēhundą

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈsɛv.ən.di/

Inflected Forms

70 (alternative, Arabic) LXX (alternative, Roman)

Derived Forms

seventies Seventy seventyfold seventyish seventyodd seventysomething

Phrases

seventy-eight seventy-eighth seventy-eleven seventy-fifth seventy-first seventy-five seventy-four seventy-fourth

Frequently Paired Words

sixty-nine sixty seventy-one eighty septuagesimal

Synonyms

threescore and ten 70 lxx