seven
Translingual[edit]
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Signal flag for the digit 7 |
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
seven
- (international standards) NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling alphabet name) for the digit 7.
- Synonym: setteseven (ITU/IMO)
References[edit]
English[edit]
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Cardinal: seven Ordinal: seventh Latinate ordinal: septenary Adverbial: seven times Multiplier: sevenfold Latinate multiplier: septuple Distributive: septuply Collective: sevensome Multiuse collective: septuplet Greek or Latinate collective: heptad Greek collective prefix: hepta- Latinate collective prefix: septua- Fractional: seventh Elemental: septuple Greek prefix: ebdomo- Number of musicians: septet Number of years: septennium |
Alternative forms[edit]
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 Creation in The Towneley Plays, ll. 50–51)
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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.
Derived terms[edit]
- at six and seven
- at sixes and sevens
- dance of the seven veils
- deuce-to-seven lowball
- four score seven years ago
- grade seven
- Group of Seven
- number seven
- rugby sevens
- seven and seven
- seven-arm octopus
- seven-card stud
- seven come eleven
- seven-day wonder
- seven deadly sins
- seven dirty words
- seven-eighths
- seven eighths
- Sevener/sevener
- sevenfold
- seven-footer
- Seven Hills of Rome
- seven hundred
- seven iron
- seven-layer cake
- seven-layer dip
- seven-layer salad
- seven-league boot
- seven-league boots
- seven-level
- seven-level screwdriver
- seven minutes in heaven
- sevenness
- sevennight
- seven o'clock
- seven out
- sevens
- Seven Sages
- sevenscore
- seven seals
- seven seas
- seven second delay
- seven-segment
- seven shades
- seven-shooter
- Seven Sisters
- Seven Sleepers Day
- sevensome
- seventh
- seven-thirties
- seven thousand
- seven-up
- seven-veil dance
- seven virtues
- Seven Wonders of the World
- seven-year apple
- seven-year itch
- seven-year vine
- triple seven
- twenty-four seven
- unseven
Translations[edit]
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See also[edit]
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Anagrams[edit]
Bislama[edit]
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Cardinal : seven | ||
Etymology[edit]
Numeral[edit]
seven
Breton[edit]
Adjective[edit]
seven
Dutch Low Saxon[edit]
Numeral[edit]
seven
Fanagalo[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Numeral[edit]
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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Cardinal: seven Ordinal: seventhe Multiplier: sevenefold |
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English seofon. Forms with final /ə/ are from Old English inflected forms.
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Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
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]
70 | ||
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Cardinal: seven |
Etymology[edit]
Numeral[edit]
seven
Usage notes[edit]
Used when counting; see also sevenpela.
Turkish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
seven
Related terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
seven (definite accusative seveni, plural sevenler)
- lover (somebody who loves)
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- enm:Seven
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