seventy-two
/ˌsɛvəntiˈtuː/
seventy-two numeral: the cardinal number immediately following seventy-one and preceding seventy-three.
Numeral
seventy-two
- 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 217
- Synonyms:
- six dozen, half gross, 72, LXXII
seventy-two meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
seventy-two in Hindi
- 72
- बहत्तर bahattar
seventy-two in Urdu
- 72
- بہتر bahattar
seventy-two in Bengali
- 72
- বাহাত্তর bahattor
seventy-two in Malayalam
- 72
- എഴുപത്തിരണ്ട് eḻupattiraṇṭŭ
More languagesFewer languages
- seventy-two in Punjabi
- ਬਹੱਤਰ bahattar
- seventy-two in Gujarati
- બોતેર bŏter
- seventy-two in Sanskrit
- द्विसप्तति dvisaptati
- seventy-two in Assamese
- বাসত্তৰ baxottor
- seventy-two in Nepali
- बहत्तर bahattar
- seventy-two in Arabic
- اِثْنَان وَسَبْعُون iṯnān wa-sabʕūn
- seventy-two in Malay
- tujuh puluh dua
Synonyms of seventy-two
- six dozen
- half gross
- 72
- LXXII
Questions about seventy-two
- What does seventy-two mean?
- Seventy-two means the cardinal number immediately following seventy-one and preceding seventy-three.
- What is seventy-two in Hindi?
- Seventy-two in Hindi is बहत्तर (bahattar). See Seventy-two meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is seventy-two?
- Seventy-two is a numeral.
- How do you pronounce seventy-two?
- Seventy-two is pronounced /ˌsɛvəntiˈtuː/.
Words near seventy-two in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: seventy-two (page history and authors); બોતેર (Gujarati) (page history and authors); বাসত্তৰ (Assamese) (page history and authors); बहत्तर (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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