seven

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Alternative forms

English cardinal numbers

<  6	7	8   >
Cardinal : seven     Ordinal : seventh     Multiplier : septuple

• Arabic numerals: 7 (see for numerical forms in other scripts)
• Roman numerals: VII

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”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈsɛv.ən/, SAMPA: /"sEv.@n/

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• Rhymes: -ɛvən

Cardinal number

seven

1. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 7; the number occurring after six and before eight.

Related terms

• seventh

Translations

cardinal number 7

Afrikaans: sewe (af) Ainu: アㇻワン (arwan) Albanian: shtatë (sq) Alutiiq: mallrungin American Sign Language: Amharic: ሰባት (säbat) (numeral: ፯) Ancient Greek: ἑπτά (hepta) Arabic: سبعة (ar) (sábʕa) (numeral: ٧) Egyptian Arabic: سبعة (sabaʕa) Aramaic: Syriac: ܫܒܥܐ (šabʕā’) m., ܫܒܥ (šbaʕ) f. Armenian: յոթ (yot') Old Armenian: եօթն (eōtʿn) Assamese: please add this translation if you can Aymara: paqalqu Azeri: yeddi Basque: zazpi (eu) Belarusian: сем (be) Bengali: সাত (sāt) (numeral: ৭) Bosnian: sedam (bs) Breton: seizh (br) Bulgarian: седем (sédem) Burmese: ခုနစ် (my) (hkunnit) (numeral: ၇) Catalan: set (ca) Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵙⴰ (sa) Chamicuro: kanchis Chechen: ворхI (vorh) Cherokee: ᎦᎵᏉᎩ (galiquogi) Chinese: Standard Chinese (Mandarin): 七 (qī) (numeral: 柒) Cantonese: 七 (chat1) Teochew: cig4 Eastern Hokkien (Min Dong): 七 (chek) Wu: 七 (chi) Xiang: 七 (tshiu) Coptic: ϣⲁϣϥ (šašf) Cornish: seyth Corsican: setti Crimean Tatar: yedi Croatian: sȅdam (hr) Czech: sedm (cs) Danish: syv (da) Dena'ina: qents'ughi'i Dutch: zeven (nl) Erzya: сисем (sisem) Esperanto: sep (eo) Estonian: seitse (et) Faroese: sjey (fo) Finnish: seitsemän (fi) French: sept (fr) Galician: sete (gl) Garifuna: sedü Georgian: შვიდი (ka) (švidi) German: sieben (de) Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽 (sibun) Greek: επτά (el) (eptá) Guaraní: pokõi Gujarati: સાત (gu) (sāt) (numeral: ૭) Haitian Creole: sèt Hawaiian: hiku Hebrew: שבעא (šabʕā’) m., שבע (šbaʕ) f. Hebrew: שֶׁבַע (sheva) f. (used in counting), שִׁבְעָה (shiv'a) m. Hindi: सात (sāt) (numeral: ७) Hopi: tsangeʼ Hungarian: hét (hu) Icelandic: sjö (is) Ido: sep Ilocano: pito Inari Sami: čiččâm Indonesian: tujuh (id) Balinese: pitu Javanese: pitu (jv) Madurese: pɛttɔʔ Minangkabau: tujuah Interlingua: septe Irish: seacht (ga) Italian: sette (it) Japanese: 七 (しち, shichí; なな, nana, ななつ, nanátsu), ７ (ja) Kalaallisut: arfineq marluk Kannada: please add this translation if you can: (numeral: ೭) Karachay-Balkar: джети (jeti) Karelian: seiemen Kazakh: жеті (kk) (jeti) Khmer: ប្រាំពីរ (pram pī) (numeral: ៧) Komi: сізым (sïzym) Korean: 일곱 (ilgop), 칠 (chil)

Kurdish: heft, حه‌وت Kyrgyz: жети (ky) (jeti) Lakota: šakówiŋ Lao: ເຈັດ (lo) (chet) (numeral: ໗) Latgalian: septeni m., septenis f. Latin: septem (la) Latvian: septiņi m., septiņas f. Lithuanian: septyni (lt) m., septynios (lt) f. Livonian: seis Lojban: ze Luxembourgish: siwen (lb) Macedonian: седум (mk) (sédum) Malagasy: fito (mg) Malay: tujuh (ms) Malayalam: ഏഴ് (ml) Maltese: sebgħa Manchu: nadan Mansi: сат (sat) Manx: shiaght Maori: whitu (mi) Marathi: सात (mr) (sāt) Mari: шымыт (šymyt) Maricopa: paxkieg Marshallese: jimjuon Middle English: seoven Mongolian: долоо (mn) (doloo), ᠳᠣᠯᠤᠭᠠᠨ (dolugan) (numeral: ᠗) Montagnais: (Sheshatshiu Innu) nishuasht, (Mushuau Innu) nishuautash Nahuatl: chicome Navajo: tsostsʼid Nepali: सात (ne) (sāt) Northern Sami: čieža Norwegian: sju (no), syv (no) Novial: set O'odham: vevkam Occitan: sèt (oc) Old English: seofon (ang) Old High German: sibun Old Norse: sjau Oriya: please add this translation if you can: (numeral: ୭) Pali: सत्त (pi), satta (pi) Pashto: اوه (ps) (uwə) Persian: هَفت (hæft) (numeral: ۷) Polish: siedem (pl) Portuguese: sete (pt) Punjabi: ਸੱਤ (satt) (numeral: ੭) Quechua: qanchis Romanian: șapte (ro) Russian: семь (ru) (sem’) Sanskrit: सप्तन् (saptán) Saterland Frisian: soogen Scottish Gaelic: seachd (gd), (persons) seachdnar (gd) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: седам (sr) Roman: sedam Sichuan Yi: ꏃ (shyp) Sindhi: سَتَ (sd) (sata) Sinhala: හත (hatha) Skolt Sami: čiččâm Slovak: sedem (sk) Slovene: sedem (sl) Spanish: siete (es) Sranan Tongo: seybi Swahili: saba (sw) Swedish: sju (sv) Tachelhit: sa m. and f. Tagalog: pito Tamil: ஏழு (ta) (ēḻu) (numeral: ௭) Tatar: җиде, cide Telugu: ఏడు (te) (ēḍu) (numeral: ౭) Thai: เจ็ด (jèt) (numeral: ๗) Tibetan: བདུན (bdun) (numeral: ༧) Tok Pisin: sevenpela Turkish: yedi (tr) Tzutujil: wuku Ukrainian: сім (uk) (sim), семеро (sémero) collective Urdu: سات (ur) (sāt) Uyghur: يەتتە (ug) (yette) Uzbek: yetti (uz) Veps: seicheme Vietnamese: bảy (vi) Volapük: vel Votic: сеицее / seitsee Võro: säidse Welsh: saith (cy) West Frisian: sân Yiddish: זיבן (yi) (zibn) Zuni: kwilelekk'ya

See also

• Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

Noun

seven (countable and uncountable; plural sevens)

1. The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof.

   He wrote three sevens on the paper.

2. (countable, card games) A card bearing seven pips.

Translations

the figure seven

Basque: zazpi (eu) Catalan: set (ca) m. Croatian: sèdmica (hr) f. Danish: syvtal (da) n. Dutch: zeven (nl) f. Finnish: seiska, seitsemäinen, seitsikko (fi) German: Sieben (de) f. Hungarian: hetes (hu) Khmer: ប្រាំពីរ (km) (pram pi) Lithuanian: septynetas (lt) m.

Macedonian: седмица (mk) (sédmica) f., седумка (mk) (sédumka) f. Polish: siódemka (pl) f. Romanian: șapte (ro) Russian: семёрка (ru) (s'em'órka) f. Slovak: sedmička (sk) f. Spanish: siete (es) Swahili: saba (sw) Swedish: sjua (sv) c. Tagalog: pito (tl)

a card bearing seven pips

Catalan: set (ca) m. Danish: syver (da) c. Dutch: zeven (nl) f. Finnish: seiska (fi) Hungarian: hetes (hu)

Macedonian: седмица (mk) (sédmica) f. Polish: siódemka (pl) f. Russian: семёрка (ru) (s'em'órka) f. Slovak: sedma (sk) f. Swedish: sjua (sv) c.

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German: Sieben f. Norwegian: sjutall n.; syvtall n. Portuguese: sete m. (1,2)

Romanian: șapte m. (1); șeptar m. (2) Ukrainian: сімка (símka) f.

Derived terms

Derived terms

at sixes and sevens deuce-to-seven lowball Group of Seven rugby sevens seven card stud seven deadly sins Sevener/sevener sevenfold Seven Hills of Rome seven iron seven-league boots seven minutes in heaven sevenness sevennight

seven out sevens Seven Sages sevenscore seven seals seven seas seven second delay Seven Sisters Seven Sleepers Day sevensome seventh seven-up seven virtues Seven Wonders of the World seven-year itch twenty-four seven unseven

See also

• (playing cards) playing card, card; ace, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, jack, queen, king, joker ^[edit]

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: political · reading · German · #776: seven · notice · week · stone

Anagrams

• eevns
• evens
• névés

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Breton

Adjective

seven

1. courteous

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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".

Numeral

seven

1. seven

Descendants

• Dutch: zeven

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Turkish

Adjective

seven (comparative daha seven, superlative en seven)

1. loving, affectionate

Related terms

• sevgi
• sevmek