seventy-eightin world languages

LanguageWordPronunciationGenderActions
Japanese 七十八ななじゅうはち nanajūhachi —
French soixante-dix-huit /swa.sɑ̃t.di.zɥit/ —
Italian settantotto /set.tanˈtɔt.to/ —
Spanish setenta y ocho /seˈten.ta i ˈo.tʃo/ —
German achtundsiebzig /ˈaxt.ʊnt.ziːp.tsɪç/ —
Korean 칠십팔Hanja 七十八 chilsippal —
Chinese 七十八Same in traditional qīshíbā —

Japanese is romanized in Hepburn, Chinese in pinyin, Korean in Revised Romanization; the rest in IPA (Castilian Spanish). Notation

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We found no well-known slang or unwanted meanings for this word in these languages (regional slang is not fully covered).

Language notes

  • French (soixante-dix-huit)Counted as 60 + 10–19. Belgium and Switzerland use septante instead.
  • German (achtundsiebzig)The ones come first (21 is “one-and-twenty”).
  • Korean (칠십팔)For counting things and for age, the native Korean number 일흔여덟 is used.