seventy-eight

• Adjectif numéral cardinal désignant le nombre 78, ainsi que l'adjectif ordinal correspondant à la position 78e.

A numeral adjective representing the number 78.

1. A1formal

   Being eight more than seventy; the number 78.

   Soixante-dix-huit (nombre)

   • There are seventy-eight students in the auditorium.
   • She turned seventy-eight years old last week.
   • The book has seventy-eight chapters.

   Synonymeslxxviii

• Nom désignant le nombre cardinal égal à soixante-dix plus huit, ou un disque phonographique en gomme-laque tournant à 78 tours par minute.

A noun referring to the cardinal number that is the sum of seventy and eight, or a shellac-based phonograph record that plays at 78 revolutions per minute.

1. A2formal

   The cardinal number that is the sum of seventy and eight.

   Soixante-dix-huit

   • There are seventy-eight students in the auditorium.
   • She counted seventy-eight stars in the sky.
   • The page number is seventy-eight.

   Synonymeslxxviii

2. B2informal

   A shellac-based phonograph record that plays at 78 revolutions per minute.

   Disque 78 tours

   • He collects vintage seventy-eight records.
   • The old jukebox only plays seventy-eights.
   • She found a rare seventy-eight at the flea market.