septantaine

French

Etymology

From septante +‎ -aine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛp.tɑ̃.tɛn/

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Noun

septantaine f (plural septantaines)

1. (Belgium, Switzerland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Acadia, Savoy) about seventy

Related terms

• centaine, cinquantaine, dizaine, douzaine, huitaine, quarantaine, quinzaine, trentaine, vingtaine

Further reading

• “septantaine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.