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seventy-ninth en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌsɛvənti ˈnaɪnθ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From seventy-nine + -th (ordinal suffix).

Meanings

1. The ordinal form of the number seventy-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 79 of a sequence.
   • The answer appears on the seventy-ninth page of the book.
   • She finished seventy-ninth in the race.

Relateds

79th

Translations (19)

de neunundsiebzigste (ordinal form of seventy-nine) · hu hetvenkilencedik (ordinal form of seventy-nine) · ka სამოცდამეცხრამეტე (ordinal form of seventy-nine) · uk сімдеся́т дев'я́тий (ordinal form of seventy-nine) · fr soixante-dix-neuvième (ordinal form of seventy-nine) · ml എഴുപത്തിഒൻപതാം (ordinal form of seventy-nine) · es septuagésimo noveno (ordinal form of seventy-nine) · sv sjuttionionde (ordinal form of seventy-nine) · ru се́мьдесят девя́тый (ordinal form of seventy-nine) · nl negenenzeventigste (ordinal form of seventy-nine) · ca setanta-novè (ordinal form of seventy-nine) · pl siedemdziesiąty dziewiąty (ordinal form of seventy-nine) · hi उन्यासीवाँ (ordinal form of seventy-nine) · it settantanovesimo (ordinal form of seventy-nine) · be се́мдзесят дзявя́ты (ordinal form of seventy-nine) · fi seitsemäskymmenesyhdeksäs (ordinal form of seventy-nine) · af nege-en-sewentigste (ordinal form of seventy-nine) · eo sepdek-naŭa (ordinal form of seventy-nine) · mnc ᠨᠠᡩᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡠᠶᡠᠴᡳ (ordinal form of seventy-nine)

seventy-ninth en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌsɛvənti ˈnaɪnθ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From seventy-nine + -th (ordinal suffix).

Meanings

1. One of seventy-nine equal parts of a whole.
   • A seventy-ninth of 1580 is 20.

Forms

Translations (5)

fr soixante-dix-neuvième (one of 79 equal parts) · it settantanovesimo (one of 79 equal parts) · fi seitsemäskymmenesyhdeksäsosa (one of 79 equal parts) · hi उन्यासीवाँ (one of 79 equal parts) · ca setanta-novè (one of 79 equal parts)