How to pronounce septuagenarian
American English pronunciation
sep-too-uh-juh-NAIR-ee-un
- IPA
- /ˌsɛptuədʒəˈnɛɹi.ən/
- Syllables
- sep · too · uh · juh · NAIR · ee · un (7 syllables, stress on the 5th)
- Also said
- sep-choo-uh-juh-NAIR-ee-un
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What septuagenarian means
A person in their seventies
In a sentence: The septuagenarian on our street runs in the town race every spring.
Where it comes from: It comes from Latin, from a word for someone who is seventy, built on septuaginta, meaning seventy.
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