seventysomething

English

Alternative forms

• seventy-something

Etymology

From seventy +‎ -something.

Numeral

seventysomething

1. (colloquial) An indeterminate value between 70 (inclusive) and 80 (exclusive).

   Coordinate terms: twentysomething, thirtysomething, fortysomething, fiftysomething, sixtysomething, eightysomething, ninetysomething, hundredsomething

Noun

seventysomething (plural seventysomethings)

1. (colloquial) A person between 70 and 79 years old.

   She was a sprightly seventysomething.

Synonyms

• septuagenarian, septuagenary

Coordinate terms

• teen, teenager (13–19)
• vicenarian (20–29)
• twentysomething (20–29)
• tricenarian (30–39)
• thirtysomething (30–39)
• quadragenarian (40–49)
• fortysomething (40–49)
• quinquagenarian (50–59)
• semicentenarian (50–59)
• fiftysomething (50–59)
• sexagenarian (60–69)
• sixtysomething (60–69)
• octogenarian (80–89)
• eightysomething (80–89)
• nonagenarian (90–99)
• ninetysomething (90–99)
• centenarian (100–199)
• semisupercentenarian (105–109)
• supercentenarian (110+)

 

Translations

a person between the ages of 70 and 79

• Czech: sedmdesátník m
• French: septuagénaire (fr)
• German: Siebzigjährige f, Siebzigjähriger m
• Hungarian: hetvenes (hu)
• Italian: settuagenario (it) m
• Latin: septuagenarius
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: syttiåring m

• Polish: siedemdziesięciolatek (pl) m, siedemdziesięciolatka (pl) f
• Swedish: sjuttioåring (sv) c
• Tagalog: pipitumpuin