Meanings
- The cardinal number immediately following seventy-six and preceding seventy-eight.
“Every time it’s shown, I get e-mail from young guys who want to get it on with me,” she said. “Which is wonderful. I’m seventy-seven fucking years old.”
2006 March 6, Lauren Collins, quoting Harriet Sohmers Zwerling, “Last Bohemians”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2019
Synonyms & antonyms
numeralThe cardinal number immediately following seventy-six and preceding seventy-eight.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivebeing seven more than seventy
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans sewe-en-sewentig
- sewe-en-sewentig77
Arabic سَبْعَة وَسَبْعُون
- سَبْعَة وَسَبْعُون (sabʕa wa-sabʕūn)77
Basque hirurogeita hamazazpi
- hirurogeita hamazazpi77
Bengali সাতাত্তর
- সাতাত্তর (śatattor)77
Bulgarian седемдесет и седем
- седемдесет и седем (sedemdeset i sedem)77
Catalan setanta-set
- setanta-set77
Chinese Mandarin 七十七
- 七十七 (qīshíqī)77
Esperanto sepdek sep
- sepdek sep77
Finnish seitsemänkymmentäseitsemän
- seitsemänkymmentäseitsemän77
French soixante-dix-sept, septante-sept
- soixante-dix-sept77
- septante-sept77
German siebenundsiebzig
- siebenundsiebzig77
Greek εβδομήντα επτά
- εβδομήντα επτά (evdomínta eptá)77
Hebrew שבעים־ושבעה
- שבעים־ושבעה (šivím və-šivá)77
Hindi सतहत्तर
- सतहत्तर (sathattar)77
Hungarian hetvenhét
- hetvenhét77
Italian settantasette
- settantasette77
Japanese 七十七
- 七十七77
Korean 일흔일곱, 칠십칠
- 일흔일곱 (ilheunilgop)77
- 칠십칠 (chilsipchil)77
Latin septuaginta septem
- septuaginta septem77
Malay tujuh puluh tujuh
- tujuh puluh tujuh77
Polish siedemdziesiąt siedem
- siedemdziesiąt siedem77
Portuguese setenta e sete
- setenta e sete77
Punjabi ਸਤੱਤਰ
- ਸਤੱਤਰ (satattar)77
Romanian șaptezeci și șapte
- șaptezeci și șapte77
Russian се́мьдесят семь
- се́мьдесят семь (sémʹdesjat semʹ)77
Spanish setenta y siete
- setenta y siete77
Swahili sabini na saba
- sabini na saba77
Turkish yetmiş yedi
- yetmiş yedi77
Urdu ستہتر
- ستہتر (sathattar)77
Welsh saith deg saith, dau ar bymtheg a thrigain
- saith deg saith77
- dau ar bymtheg a thrigain77
Cite this entry
seventy-seven. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seventy-seven
“seventy-seven.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seventy-seven. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seventy-seven,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seventy-seven.
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