seven
Translingual[edit]
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Numeral[edit]
seven
- Code word for the digit 7 in the NATO/ICAO spelling alphabet
Synonyms[edit]
ITU/IMO code word setteseven[2]
References[edit]
- ^ The SIA clarifies that the en is a syllabic [n]. Annex 10 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: Aeronautical Telecommunications; Volume II Communication Procedures including those with PANS status[1], 6th edition, International Civil Aviation Organization, October 2001, retrieved 23 January 2019, page §5.2.1.3, Figure 5–1
- ^ International Maritime Organisation (2005). International Code of Signals, p. 22–23. Fourth edition, London.
English[edit]
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← 6 | 7 | 8 → |
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Cardinal: seven Ordinal: seventh, ebdomo- Latinate ordinal: septenary Adverbial: seven times Multiplier: septuple, sevenfold Distributive: septuply Collective: heptad, sevensome Fractional: seventh Number of musicians: septet |
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English seven, from Old English seofon (“seven”), from Proto-West Germanic *sebun (“seven”), from Proto-Germanic *sebun (“seven”), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”). Cognate with Scots seiven (“seven”), West Frisian sân (“seven”), Saterland Frisian soogen (“seven”), Low German söven (“seven”), Dutch zeven (“seven”), German sieben (“seven”), Danish syv (“seven”), Norwegian sju (“seven”), Icelandic sjö (“seven”), Latin septem (“seven”), Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”), Russian семь (semʹ), Sanskrit सप्तन् (saptán).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈsɛvən/
- (casually also) IPA(key): [ˈsɛbm̩]
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK male) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛvən
- Homophone: Severn (non-rhotic accents)
Numeral[edit]
seven
- A numerical value equal to 7; the number following six and preceding eight. This many dots: (•••••••). Describing a group or set with seven elements.
- 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 175:
- The cabbalism of the number seven is emphasized, for in hell seven judges at each of seven gates take one of these divine laws away from her.
Usage notes[edit]
Like other numerals, sometimes used postpositively in Late Middle English and Early Modern English, for exampleː
- Son & moyne set in the heuen,
Witħ starnes, & the planettys seuen,
[...] (The Towneley Plays)
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Noun[edit]
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.
Translations[edit]
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Anagrams[edit]
Bislama[edit]
< 6 | 7 | 8 > |
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Cardinal : seven | ||
Etymology[edit]
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seven
Breton[edit]
Adjective[edit]
seven
Dutch Low Saxon[edit]
Numeral[edit]
seven
Fanagalo[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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seven
Middle Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Dutch sivun, sivon, from Proto-West Germanic *sebun, from Proto-Germanic *sebun.
Numeral[edit]
sēven
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
sēven
Inflection[edit]
Weak | ||
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Infinitive | sēven | |
3rd sg. past | — | |
3rd pl. past | — | |
Past participle | — | |
Infinitive | sēven | |
In genitive | sēvens | |
In dative | sēvene | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | sēve | — |
2nd singular | sēefs, sēves | — |
3rd singular | sēeft, sēvet | — |
1st plural | sēven | — |
2nd plural | sēeft, sēvet | — |
3rd plural | sēven | — |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | sēve | — |
2nd singular | sēefs, sēves | — |
3rd singular | sēve | — |
1st plural | sēven | — |
2nd plural | sēeft, sēvet | — |
3rd plural | sēven | — |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | sēef, sēve | |
Plural | sēeft, sēvet | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | sēvende | — |
Descendants[edit]
- Dutch: zeven
Further reading[edit]
- “seven”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “seven (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “seven (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page IV
Middle English[edit]
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← 6 | 7 | 8 → |
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Cardinal: seven Ordinal: sevenþe Multiplier: sevenefold |
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English seofon.
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seven
- seven
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)[2], published c. 1410, Apocalips 17:9, page 123r, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- ⁊ þis is þe wit who þat haþ wiſdom / þe ſeuene heedis ben ſeuene hillis .· on which þe womman ſittiþ
- And the mind that has wisdom thinks: "The seven heads are the seven hills that the woman sits on […]
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Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “sē̆ven, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
seven
- Alternative form of sweven
Scots[edit]
Numeral[edit]
seven
- Alternative form of seiven
Tok Pisin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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seven
Usage notes[edit]
Used when counting; see also sevenpela.
Turkish[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
seven
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Noun[edit]
seven (definite accusative seveni, plural sevenler)
- lover (somebody who loves)
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- enm:Seven
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