Meanings
- The cardinal number immediately following seventy-one and preceding seventy-three.
The Platonic Great Year, the time it takes to make a complete circuit through the twelve astrological signs, is 25,920 years; ¹⁄₃₆₀ of that circle, or one degree, is seventy-two."
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 217Synonyms: six dozen, half gross, 72, LXXII
Synonyms & antonyms
numeralThe cardinal number immediately following seventy-one and preceding seventy-three.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivebeing two more than seventy
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans twee-en-sewentig
- twee-en-sewentig72
Arabic اِثْنَان وَسَبْعُون
- اِثْنَان وَسَبْعُون (iṯnān wa-sabʕūn)72
Basque hirurogeita hamabi
- hirurogeita hamabi72
Bengali বাহাত্তর
- বাহাত্তর (bahattor)72
Bulgarian седемдесет и две
- седемдесет и две (sedemdeset i dve)72
Catalan setanta-dos
- setanta-dos72
Chinese Mandarin 七十二
- 七十二 (qīshí'èr)72
Dutch tweeënzeventig
- tweeënzeventig72
Esperanto sepdek du
- sepdek du72
Finnish seitsemänkymmentäkaksi
- seitsemänkymmentäkaksi72
French soixante-douze, septante-deux
- soixante-douze72
- septante-deux72
German zweiundsiebzig
- zweiundsiebzig72
Greek εβδομήντα δύο
- εβδομήντα δύο (evdomínta dýo)72
Hebrew שבעים־ושנים
- שבעים־ושנים (šivím və-šnáyim)72
Hindi बहत्तर
- बहत्तर (bahattar)72
Hungarian hetvenkettő
- hetvenkettő72
Italian settantadue
- settantadue72
Japanese 七十二
- 七十二72
Korean 일흔둘, 칠십이
- 일흔둘 (ilheundul)72
- 칠십이 (chilsibi)72
Latin septuaginta duo
- septuaginta duo72
Malay tujuh puluh dua
- tujuh puluh dua72
Polish siedemdziesiąt dwa
- siedemdziesiąt dwa72
Portuguese setenta e dois
- setenta e dois72
Punjabi ਬਹੱਤਰ
- ਬਹੱਤਰ (bahattar)72
Romanian șaptezeci și doi
- șaptezeci și doi72
Russian се́мьдесят два
- се́мьдесят два (sémʹdesjat dva)72
Spanish setenta y dos
- setenta y dos72
Swahili sabini na mbili
- sabini na mbili72
Swedish sjuttiotvå
- sjuttiotvå72
Turkish yetmiş iki
- yetmiş iki72
Ukrainian сімдеся́т два́
- сімдеся́т два́ (simdesját dvá)72
Urdu بہتر
- بہتر (bahattar)72
Welsh saith deg dau, deuddeg a thrigain
- saith deg dau72
- deuddeg a thrigain72
Cite this entry
seventy-two. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seventy-two
“seventy-two.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seventy-two. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seventy-two,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seventy-two.
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