Dictionary

septuagenarian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌsɛptəwəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/ (General-American)
• /ˌsɛpt͡ʃəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/ (General-American)
• /ˌsɛpt͡ʃəwəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/ (General-American)
• /ˌsɛpt͡ʃʊəd͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹɪən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌsɛptəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/ (General-American)
• /ˌsɛpt͡ʃəd͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹɪən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌsɛptjʊəd͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹɪən/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Latin septuagenarius (“containing 70”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives and representative nouns), either directly or via French septuagénaire, from Latin septuagenus (“70 each”) + -arius (“-ary”), from Latin septuāginta (“seven tens, 70”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or related to seventysomethings.

Coordinates

hexagenarian · quadragenarian · vicenarian · sexagenarian · nonagenarian · tricenarian · semicentenarian · supercentenarian · octogenarian · centenarian · quinquagenarian

Deriveds

septuagenarianism

Synonyms

septuagenary

Translations (6)

hu hetvenvalahány éves (Of or related to people between 70 and 79 years of age) · hu hetvenedik születésnapját betöltött (Of or related to people between 70 and 79 years of age) · zh 古稀 (Of or related to people between 70 and 79 years of age) · hu hetvenes (éveiben járó) (Of or related to people between 70 and 79 years of age) · sv 70-nånting- (Of or related to people between 70 and 79 years of age) · pt septuagenário (Of or related to people between 70 and 79 years of age)

septuagenarian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌsɛptəwəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/ (General-American)
• /ˌsɛpt͡ʃəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/ (General-American)
• /ˌsɛpt͡ʃəwəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/ (General-American)
• /ˌsɛpt͡ʃʊəd͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹɪən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌsɛptəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/ (General-American)
• /ˌsɛpt͡ʃəd͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹɪən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌsɛptjʊəd͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹɪən/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Latin septuagenarius (“containing 70”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives and representative nouns), either directly or via French septuagénaire, from Latin septuagenus (“70 each”) + -arius (“-ary”), from Latin septuāginta (“seven tens, 70”).

Meanings

1. Synonym of seventysomething: a person between 70 and 79 years old.
   • “Let Them All Talk” is as breezy as an ocean cruise (pre-Covid), and mostly a welcome excuse to enjoy its three septuagenarian leads – Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen and Dianne Wiest – as they banter their way across the Atlantic. 2020 December 10, Brian Lowry, “‘Let Them All Talk’ takes a breezy boat trip with Meryl Streep and company”, in CNN:
   • For a ley hunter, local people – particularly the elderly – can be mines of information. Devereux and Thomson recount how they asked a septuagenarian in a remote village the location of an elusive stone, without mentioning the subject of leys: […] 2010, Philip Carr-Gomm, Richard Heygate, The Book of English Magic:
   • Mary Moon, she's a vegetarian. Mary Moon, Mary Moon, Mary Moon. Mary Moon, who will outlive all the septuagenarians. 1994, “New Age Girl”, in A Different Story, performed by Deadeye Dick:

Forms

Synonyms

seventysomething