Meanings
adjective
- The ordinal form of the number seventy-four, describing a person or thing in position number 74 of a sequence.
She finished seventy-fourth in the race.
1 more example
The answer appears on the seventy-fourth page of the book.
nounseventy-fourth (plural seventy-fourths)
plural seventy-fourths
- One of seventy-four equal parts of a whole.
A seventy-fourth of 1480 is 20.
Origin
From seventy-four + -th (ordinal suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans vier-en-sewentigste
- vier-en-sewentigsteordinal form of seventy-four
Catalan setanta-quatrè, setanta-quatrè
- setanta-quatrèordinal form of seventy-four
- setanta-quatrèone of 74 equal parts
Dutch vierenzeventigste
- vierenzeventigsteordinal form of seventy-four
Esperanto sepdek-kvara
- sepdek-kvaraordinal form of seventy-four
Finnish seitsemäskymmenesneljäs, seitsemäskymmenesneljäsosa
- seitsemäskymmenesneljäsordinal form of seventy-four
- seitsemäskymmenesneljäsosaone of 74 equal parts
French soixante-quatorzième, septante-quatrième
- soixante-quatorzièmeordinal form of seventy-four
- septante-quatrièmeordinal form of seventy-four
- soixante-quatorzièmeone of 74 equal parts
German vierundsiebzigste
- vierundsiebzigsteordinal form of seventy-four
Hindi चौहत्तरवाँ, चौहत्तरवाँ
- चौहत्तरवाँ (cauhattarvā̃)ordinal form of seventy-four
- चौहत्तरवाँ (cauhattarvā̃)one of 74 equal parts
Hungarian hetvennegyedik
- hetvennegyedikordinal form of seventy-four
Italian settantaquattresimo, settantaquattresimo
- settantaquattresimoordinal form of seventy-four
- settantaquattresimoone of 74 equal parts
Polish siedemdziesiąty czwarty
- siedemdziesiąty czwartyordinal form of seventy-four
Russian се́мьдесят четвёртый
- се́мьдесят четвёртый (sémʹdesjat četvjórtyj)ordinal form of seventy-four
Spanish septuagésimo cuarto
- septuagésimo cuartoordinal form of seventy-four
Swedish sjuttiofjärde
- sjuttiofjärdeordinal form of seventy-four
Ukrainian сімдеся́т четве́ртий
- сімдеся́т четве́ртий (simdesját četvértyj)ordinal form of seventy-four
Cite this entry
APA
seventy-fourth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seventy-fourth
MLA
“seventy-fourth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seventy-fourth. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seventy-fourth,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seventy-fourth.
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