Meanings
- The cardinal number immediately following seventy-three and preceding seventy-five.
plural seventy-fours
- historicalA ship having seventy-four guns.
the ocean stream / Here and there studded with a seventy-four [...].
1820, Lord Byron, Don Juan, section V1 more example
For all the world like a seventy-four of the line, / Riding the swell and firing off Finisterre.
1958, Howard Nemerov, “Seven Macabre Songs”, in Mirrors and Windows
Synonyms & antonyms
numeralThe cardinal number immediately following seventy-three and preceding seventy-five.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivebeing four more than seventy
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans vier-en-sewentig
- vier-en-sewentig74
Arabic أَرْبَعَة وَسَبْعُون
- أَرْبَعَة وَسَبْعُون (ʔarbaʕa wa-sabʕūn)74
Basque hirurogeita hamalau
- hirurogeita hamalau74
Bengali চুয়াত্তর
- চুয়াত্তর (cuẏattor)74
Bulgarian седемдесет и четири
- седемдесет и четири (sedemdeset i četiri)74
Catalan setanta-quatre
- setanta-quatre74
Chinese Mandarin 七十四
- 七十四 (qīshísì)74
Dutch vierenzeventig
- vierenzeventig74
Esperanto sepdek kvar
- sepdek kvar74
Finnish seitsemänkymmentäneljä
- seitsemänkymmentäneljä74
French soixante-quatorze, septante-quatre
- soixante-quatorze74
- septante-quatre74
German vierundsiebzig
- vierundsiebzig74
Greek εβδομήντα τέσσαρες
- εβδομήντα τέσσαρες (evdomínta téssares)74
Hebrew שבעים־וארבעה
- שבעים־וארבעה (šivím və-arbá)74
Hindi चौहत्तर
- चौहत्तर (cauhattar)74
Hungarian hetvennégy
- hetvennégy74
Italian settantaquattro
- settantaquattro74
Japanese 七十四
- 七十四74
Korean 일흔네, 칠십사
- 일흔네 (ilheunne)74
- 칠십사 (chilsipsa)74
Latin septuaginta quattuor
- septuaginta quattuor74
Malay tujuh puluh empat
- tujuh puluh empat74
Polish siedemdziesiąt cztery
- siedemdziesiąt cztery74
Portuguese setenta e quatro
- setenta e quatro74
Punjabi ਚੁਹੱਤਰ
- ਚੁਹੱਤਰ (cuhattar)74
Russian се́мьдесят четы́ре
- се́мьдесят четы́ре (sémʹdesjat četýre)74
Slovak sedemdesiat štyri
- sedemdesiat štyri74
Spanish setenta y cuatro
- setenta y cuatro74
Swedish sjuttiofyra
- sjuttiofyra74
Turkish yetmiş dört
- yetmiş dört74
Urdu چوہتر
- چوہتر (cauhattar)74
Welsh saith deg pedwar, pedwar ar ddeg a thrigain
- saith deg pedwar74
- pedwar ar ddeg a thrigain74
Cite this entry
seventy-four. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seventy-four
“seventy-four.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seventy-four. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seventy-four,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seventy-four.
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