seventy

== English == === Alternative forms === 70 (Arabic numerals) LXX (Roman numerals) === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɛv.ən.ti/ (US, also) IPA(key): /ˈsɛv.ən.di/ === Numeral === seventy The cardinal number occurring after sixty-nine and before seventy-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXX and in Arabic numerals as 70. ==== Synonyms ==== threescore and ten ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Last: sixty-nine, sixty Next: seventy-one, eighty == Middle English == === Alternative forms === cevyntye, senty, sevenety, seventi, sevinti, sevynty, seyventi, zeventy sefentiȝ, seofenntiȝ, seoventiȝ, soventi (Early Middle English) === Etymology === From Old English seofontiġ, alteration of hundseofontiġ, itself a modification of Proto-Germanic *sebuntēhundą; equivalent to seven +‎ -ty. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɛvəntiː/, /ˈsɛːvəntiː/ === Numeral === seventy seventy ==== Derived terms ==== seventithe ==== Descendants ==== English: seventy Scots: seiventy ==== References ==== “sē̆ventī, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.