seventy-four
Numeral
  1. The cardinal number immediately following seventy-three and preceding seventy-five.
Synonyms
  • Arabic numerals: 74
  • Roman numerals: LXXIV, LXXIIII
Translations
  • French: soixante-quatorze
  • German: vierundsiebzig
  • Italian: settantaquattro
  • Portuguese: setenta e quatro
  • Russian: се́мьдесят четы́ре
  • Spanish: setenta y cuatro
Noun

seventy-four (plural seventy-fours)

  1. (historical) A ship having seventy-four guns.
    • 1820, Lord Byron, Don Juan, V:
      the ocean stream / Here and there studded with a seventy-four [...].
    • For all the world like a seventy-four of the line, / Riding the swell and firing off Finisterre.



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