How to Pronounce "seventy"
word
/ˈsɛvəni/
SEV-uhn-ee
/sˈɛvənti/
SEV-uhn-tee
Definition
The number 70. It can refer to a quantity, an age, a decade (the seventies), or a temperature/speed measurement.
IPA Transcription
American English
/ˈsɛvəni/
British English
/sˈɛvənti/
Simplified Pronunciation
US
SEV-uhn-ee
UK
SEV-uhn-tee
Listen in Context
My grandfather is seventy years old.
There are about seventy students in the lecture hall.
The speed limit on the highway is seventy miles per hour.
She just turned seventy and honestly she has more energy than I do.