different between seventh vs seventy

English

Etymology

From Middle English sevenþe, sefte, from Old English seofoþa, from Proto-Germanic *sebundô.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?s?v.?n?/

Adjective

seventh (not comparable)

1. The ordinal form of the number seven.

Synonyms

• 7th, 7^th, VIIth; (in names of monarchs and popes) VII

Translations

Noun

seventh (plural sevenths)

1. The person or thing in the seventh position.
2. One of seven equal parts of a whole.
3. (music) A tone of the seventh degree from a given tone, the interval between two such tones, or the two tones sounding in unison.

Translations

Middle English

Adjective

seventh

1. Alternative form of sevenþe

English

Etymology

From Middle English seventy, sevynty, from Old English hundseofonti?, from Proto-Germanic *sebunt?hund? (“seventy”), equivalent to seven +? -ty. Cognate with Scots sevinty (“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): /?s?v.?n.ti/

Numeral

seventy

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

Synonyms

• Arabic numerals: 70
• Roman numerals: LXX

Translations

See also

• Last: sixty-nine, sixty
• Next: seventy-one, eighty