English [ edit ] Wikipedia
Alternative forms [ edit ]
Arabic numerals: 7 ( see for numerical forms in other scripts )
Roman numerals: VII
sev'n
Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English [Term?] , 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 ” ), Saterland Frisian soogen “ seven ” ), Low German söven “ seven ” ), Dutch zeven “ seven ” ), German sieben “ seven ” ), Danish syv “ seven ” ), Icelandic sjö “ seven ” ), Latin septem “ seven ” ), Ancient Greek ἑπτά heptá , “ seven ” ), Russian семь semʹ ), Sanskrit सप्तन् saptán ).
Pronunciation [ edit ] Numeral [ edit ] seven
( cardinal ) A numerical value equal to 7 ; the number occurring after six and before eight .
Usage notes [ edit ] Like other numerals, sometimes used postpositively in Late Middle English and Early Modern English, for exampleː
Sun and moon set in the heaven, with stars, and the planets seven . (The Towneley plays)
Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
cardinal number 7
Abkhaz: бжьба bž̍bā )
Adyghe: блы blə )
Afrikaans: sewe
Ainu: アㇻワン arwan )
Albanian: shtatë (sq)
Alutiiq: mallrungin
American Sign Language:
Amharic: ሰባት (am) (säbat ) (numeral: ፯ 7 ))
Arabic: سَبْعَة sabʿa ), (numeral: ٧ 7 ))
Egyptian Arabic: سبعة sabaʿa )
Aragonese: siet siete set
Aramaic:
Hebrew: שבעא m šabʕā’ ), שבע f šbaʕ )
Syriac: ܫܒܥܐ m šabʕā’ ), ܫܒܥ f šbaʕ )
Armenian: յոթ (hy) (yotʿ )
Old Armenian: եօթն eōtʿn )
Aromanian: shapti shapte
Assamese: please add this translation if you can
Asturian: siete (ast)
Aymara: paqallqu
Azeri: yeddi (az)
Balinese: pitu
Bashkir: ете yete )
Basque: zazpi (eu)
Belarusian: сем (be) (sjem ), ( collective ) сямёра sjamjóra )
Bengali: সাত sat ) (numeral: ৭ 7 ))
Breton: seizh (br)
Bulgarian: се́дем (bg) (sédem )
Burmese: ခုနစ် (my) (hku.nac ) (numeral: ၇ 7 ))
Buryat: долоон doloon )
Catalan: set (ca)
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵙⴰ sa )
Chamicuro: kanchis
Chechen: ворхӏ worh )
Cherokee: ᎦᎵᏉᎩ galiquogi )
Chichewa: sanu n'ziwiri
Chinese:
Cantonese: 七 chat1 )
Hakka: 七 chhit )
Min Dong: 七 ceig )
Min Nan: 七 (zh-min-nan) (chhit ) ( Xiamen )
Mandarin: 七 (zh) (qī ) (numeral: 柒 (zh) )
Wu: 七 tshiq )
Xiang: 七 tshiu )
Chuvash: ҫиччӗ śiččĕ ), ҫичӗ śičĕ ), ҫич śič )
Classical Nahuatl: chicōme
Coptic: ϣⲁϣϥ šašf )
Cornish: seyth
Corsican: setti (co)
Crimean Tatar: yedi
Czech: sedm (cs)
Dalmatian: sapto
Danish: syv (da)
Dena'ina: qents'ughi'i
Dolgan: һэттэ hette )
Dupaninan Agta: pitu
Dutch: zeven (nl)
Eastern Mari: шымыт šəmət )
Erzya: сисем sisem )
Esperanto: sep (eo)
Estonian: seitse (et)
Evenki: надан nadan )
Faroese: sjey (fo)
Fijian: vitu (fj)
Finnish: seitsemän (fi)
French: sept (fr)
Friulian: siet
Galician: sete (gl)
Garifuna: sedü
Ge'ez: ሰብዐቱ m säbʿätu ), ሰብዑ f säbʿu ) (numeral: ፯ 7 ))
Georgian: შვიდი (ka) (švidi )
German: sieben (de)
Gilbertese: itiua
Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽 sibun
Greek: επτά (el) (eptá ), ζ΄ z΄ ) ( numeral )
Ancient Greek: ἑπτά heptá )
Greenlandic: arfineq marluk
Guaraní: pokõi
Gujarati: સાત (gu) (sāt ) (numeral: ૭ (gu) (7 ))
Haitian Creole: sèt
Hausa: bakwài
Hawaiian: hiku ʻehiku
Hebrew: שֶׁבַע (he) f sheva ) ( used in counting ) שִׁבְעָה (he) m shiv'a )
Hindi: सात (hi) (sāt ) (numeral: ७ (hi) (7 ))
Hopi: tsangeʼ
Hungarian: hét (hu)
Icelandic: sjö (is)
Ido: sep (io)
Ilocano: pito
Inari Sami: čiččâm
Indonesian: tujuh (id)
Interlingua: septe
Irish: seacht (ga)
Istriot: siete sjete
Istro-Romanian: şåpte
Italian: sette (it)
Japanese: 七 (ja) (しち , shichi; なな , nana; ななつ , nanatsu７ (ja)
Javanese: pitu (jv)
Judeo-Tat: хьэфд ħəfd )
Kalmyk: долан dolan )
Kannada: ಏಳು (kn) (ēḷu ) (numeral: ೭ (kn) (7 ))
Karachay-Balkar: джети
Karelian: seiččemen
Kashubian: sétmë
Kazakh: жеті (kk) (jeti )
Khakas: читi çiti )
Khmer: ប្រាំពីរ (km) (pram pii ) (numeral: ៧ 7 ))
Komi-Zyrian: сізым sïzym )
Korean: 일곱 (ko) (ilgop ), 칠 (ko) (chil ), 七 (ko)
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: heft (ku)
Sorani: حەوت ḧewt )
Kyrgyz: жети (ky) (ceti )
Ladin: set
Lakota: šakówiŋ
Lao: ເຈັດ chet ) (numeral: ໗
Latgalian: septeni m septenis f
Latin: septem (la)
Latvian: septiņi (lv) m septiņas f
Lithuanian: septyni (lt) m septynios f
Livonian: seis
Lojban: ze
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: söben söven (nds) , seben seven (nds)
German Low German: sëwe sëwen sæwen sæben söven (nds)
Luxembourgish: siwen (lb)
Macedonian: седум (mk) (sedum )
Madurese: pɛttɔʔ
Malagasy: fito (mg)
Malay:
Rumi: tujuh (ms) , pitu (ms) , sapta
Jawi: توجوه ڤيتو سڤتا
Malayalam: ഏഴു (ml) (ēḻu ), ഏഴ് (ml) (ēḻ )
Maltese: sebgħa
Manchu: nadan
Mangarevan: hitu itu
Mansi: сат sāt )
Manx: shiaght
Maori: whitu (mi)
Marathi: सात sāt )
Maricopa: paxkieg
Marshallese: jimjuon
Middle English: seoven
Minangkabau: tujuah
Mirandese: siete
Moksha: сисем sisem )
Mon: ထပှ် həpɔh )
Mongolian: долоо (mn) (doloo ), (please verify ) ᠳᠣᠯᠤᠭᠠᠨ ᠳᠣᠯᠤᠭᠠᠨ )᠗ )
Montagnais: ( Sheshatshiu Innu ) nishuasht ( Mushuau Innu ) nishuautash
Nahuatl: chicome (nah)
Nama: hû
Nauruan: aeiu
Navajo: tsostsʼid
Nepali: सात (ne) (sāt )
Nogai: ети yeti )
North Frisian:
Föhr-Amrum: sööwen
Helgoland: seeben
Mooring and Sylt: soowen
Northern Sami: čieža
Norwegian: sju (no) , syv (no)
Novial: set
O'odham: vevkam
Occitan: sèt (oc)
Ojibwe: niizhwaaswi
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: сєдмь sedmĭ )
Old English: seofon
Old Frisian: siūgun
Old High German: sibun
Old Norse: sjau
Old Turkic: 𐰘𐱅𐰃 yeti )
Oriya: ସାତ sāt ) (numeral: ୭
Oscan: 𐌔𐌄𐌚𐌕𐌄𐌍 seften )
Ossetian: авд avd )
Ottoman Turkish: يدی yedi )
Pali: सत्त satta
Pashto: اوه uwə )
Persian: هَفت (fa) (haft ) (numeral: ۷
Polish: siedem (pl) , ( collective ) siedmioro (pl)
Portuguese: sete (pt)
Punjabi: ਸੱਤ (pa) (satt ) (numeral: ੭ 7 ))
Quechua: qanchis
Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: șapte (ro)
Romansch: set siat seat
Russian: семь (ru) (semʹ ), ( collective ) се́меро (ru) (sémero )
Rusyn: сім sim )
Samoan: fitu (sm)
Sanskrit: सप्तन् (sa) (saptán )
Sardinian: sete seti
Saterland Frisian: soogen
Scots: seiven
Scottish Gaelic: seachd ( persons ) seachdnar m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: седам
Roman: sedam
Shan: ၸဵတ်း
Sichuan Yi: ꏃ shyp )
Sicilian: setti (scn) , sietti (scn)
Sikkimese: དུཨིན duin )
Silesian: śedym
Sindhi: سَتَ sata )
Sinhalese: හත (si) (hata )
Skolt Sami: čiččâm
Slovak: sedem
Slovene: sédem (sl)
Somali: toddoba (so)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: sedym
Upper Sorbian: sydom
Southern Altai: јети ǰätï )
Spanish: siete (es)
Sranan Tongo: seybi
Swahili: saba (sw)
Swedish: sju (sv)
Tagalog: pito (tl)
Tahitian: hitu
Tajik: ҳафт (tg) (haft )
Tamil: ஏழு (ta) (ēḻu ) (numeral: ௭ ௭ ))
Tashelhit: sa m , f
Tatar: җиде (tt) (cide )
Telugu: ఏడు (te) (ēḍu ) (numeral: ౭ (te) (7 ))
Thai: เจ็ด jèt ) (numeral: ๗ (th) )
Tibetan: བདུན bdun ) (numeral: ༧ 7 ))
Tigre: ሰቡዕ säbuʿ ) (numeral: ፯ 7 ))
Tigrinya: ሸውዓተ (ti) (šäwʿatä ) (numeral: ፯ 7 ))
Tocharian A: ṣpät
Tocharian B: ṣukt
Tok Pisin: sevenpela
Tongan: fitu
Turkish: yedi (tr)
Turkmen: ýedi (tk)
Tuvaluan: fitu
Tuvan: чеди čädï )
Tz'utujil: (please verify ) wuku
Ukrainian: сім (uk) (sim ), се́меро sémero ) ( collective )
Unami: nishash
Urdu: سات sāt )
Uyghur: يەتتە (ug) (yette )
Uzbek: yetti (uz)
Venetian: sete
Veps: seicheme
Vietnamese: bảy (vi)
Volapük: vel (vo)
Votic: seitsee
Võro: säidse
Walloon: set (wa)
Waray-Waray: siete
Welsh: saith (cy)
West Frisian: sân (fy)
Winnebago: šaagowį
Xhosa: sixhenxe
Yakut: сэттэ sette )
Yiddish: זיבן zibn )
Yup'ik: malrunlegen
Zulu: sikhombisa
Zuni: kwilelekk'ya
See also [ 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 ]
a card bearing seven pips
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Derived terms [ edit ]
Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
See also [ edit ] Statistics [ edit ] Anagrams [ edit ] Adjective [ edit ] seven
courteous
Dutch Low Saxon [ edit ] Numeral [ edit ] seven
Alternative form of zeuven ( seven )
Middle Dutch [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Old Dutch sivun sivon Proto-Germanic *sebun *sebunt Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ -t added through influence of "nine" and "ten".
Pronunciation [ edit ] Numeral [ edit ] sēven
seven
Descendants [ edit ] Tok Pisin [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From English seven
Numeral [ edit ] seven
seven
Usage notes [ edit ] Used when counting; see also sevenpela .
Turkish [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ]
IPA (key ) : [seven] Hyphenation: sev‧en
Adjective [ edit ] seven (comparative daha seven superlative en seven
loving , affectionate
Related terms [ edit ] seven (definite accusative seveni plural sevenler
lover (somebody who loves)
Antonyms [ edit ] Declension [ edit ]
possessive forms of seven
