seven
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English seofon (“seven”), from Proto-Germanic *sebun (“seven”), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”). Cognate with Scots sevin (“seven”), West Frisian sân (“seven”), Eastern Frisian soogen (“seven”), Dutch zeven (“seven”), German sieben (“seven”), Danish syv (“seven”), Icelandic sjö (“seven”), Latin septem (“seven”), Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”).
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seven
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cardinal number 7
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[edit] Noun
seven (countable and uncountable; plural sevens)
- The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof.
- He wrote three sevens on the paper.
- (countable, card games) A card bearing seven pips.
[edit] Translations
the figure seven
a card bearing seven pips
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Derived terms
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- (playing cards) playing card, card; ace, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, jack, queen, king, joker [edit]
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Most common English words before 1923: political · reading · German · #776: seven · notice · week · stone
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seven
[edit] Middle Dutch
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From Old Dutch sivun, sivon, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from earlier *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥, with -t added through influence of "nine" and "ten".
[edit] Numeral
seven
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- Dutch: zeven
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[edit] Adjective
seven (comparative daha seven, superlative en seven)
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