Meanings
adjective
- The ordinal form of the number seventy-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 78 of a sequence.
She finished seventy-eighth in the race.
1 more example
The answer appears on the seventy-eighth page of the book.
nounseventy-eighth (plural seventy-eighths)
plural seventy-eighths
- One of seventy-eight equal parts of a whole.
A seventy-eighth of 1560 is 20.
Origin
From seventy-eight + -th (ordinal suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans agt-en-sewentigste
- agt-en-sewentigsteordinal form of seventy-eight
Catalan setanta-vuitè, setanta-vuitè
- setanta-vuitèordinal form of seventy-eight
- setanta-vuitèone of 78 equal parts
Dutch achtenzeventigste
- achtenzeventigsteordinal form of seventy-eight
Esperanto sepdek-oka
- sepdek-okaordinal form of seventy-eight
Finnish seitsemäskymmeneskahdeksas, seitsemäskymmeneskahdeksasosa
- seitsemäskymmeneskahdeksasordinal form of seventy-eight
- seitsemäskymmeneskahdeksasosaone of 78 equal parts
French soixante-dix-huitième, septante-huitième
- soixante-dix-huitièmeordinal form of seventy-eight
- septante-huitièmeordinal form of seventy-eight
- soixante-dix-huitièmeone of 78 equal parts
German achtundsiebzigste
- achtundsiebzigsteordinal form of seventy-eight
Hindi अठहत्तरवाँ, अठहत्तरवाँ
- अठहत्तरवाँ (aṭhhattarvā̃)ordinal form of seventy-eight
- अठहत्तरवाँ (aṭhhattarvā̃)one of 78 equal parts
Hungarian hetvennyolcadik
- hetvennyolcadikordinal form of seventy-eight
Italian settantottesimo, settantottesimo
- settantottesimoordinal form of seventy-eight
- settantottesimoone of 78 equal parts
Polish siedemdziesiąty ósmy
- siedemdziesiąty ósmyordinal form of seventy-eight
Russian се́мьдесят восьмо́й
- се́мьдесят восьмо́й (sémʹdesjat vosʹmój)ordinal form of seventy-eight
Spanish septuagésimo octavo
- septuagésimo octavoordinal form of seventy-eight
Swedish sjuttioåttonde
- sjuttioåttondeordinal form of seventy-eight
Ukrainian сімдеся́т во́сьмий
- сімдеся́т во́сьмий (simdesját vósʹmyj)ordinal form of seventy-eight
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APA
seventy-eighth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seventy-eighth
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“seventy-eighth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seventy-eighth. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seventy-eighth,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seventy-eighth.
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