Meaning & Definition of Seventieth in English

Detailed Definitions

• Definition: The ordinal form of the number seventy; being number seventy in a sequence.

  Example Sentence: He finished in seventieth place in the race.

• Definition: One of seventy equal parts of something.

  Example Sentence: She cut the cake into seventieths for the party.

Etymology

Origin: Derived from 'seventy' with the addition of the suffix '-eth'.

Synonyms

Common Phrases and Expressions

• on the seventieth anniversary: referring to the 70th year of an event or occasion.
• seventieth birthday: the celebration marking a person's 70th birth anniversary.

Translations

• Spanish: septuagésimo

• French: soixante-dixième

• German: siebzigste

• Russian: семидесятый

Related Words

• seventy: The cardinal number following sixty-nine.

• seventieths: Plural form referring to multiple seventieth parts.