different between seventy vs sixty

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English sixty, sexty, Old English siexti?, from Proto-Germanic *sehs tigiwiz (“sixty”), equivalent to six +? -ty. Cognate with Scots sexty, saxty (“sixty”), Saterland Frisian säkstich (“sixty”), West Frisian sechstich (“sixty”), Dutch zestig (“sixty”), German Low German sesstig (“sixty”), German sechzig (“sixty”), Swedish sextio (“sixty”), Norwegian seksti (“sixty”), Icelandic sextíu (“sixty”). Compare also Sanskrit ????? (?a??i).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?kst?/
• (General American) enPR: s?ks?t?, IPA^(key): /?s?ksti/
• Hyphenation: six?ty

Numeral

sixty

1. The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.

Synonyms

• Arabic numerals: 60
• Roman numerals: LX

Translations

See also

• Previous: fifty-nine, fifty
• Next: sixty-one, seventy
• sexagesimal

Anagrams

• xysti