24/7
See also: 24-7
EnglishEdit
AdverbEdit
24/7 (not comparable)
- Abbreviation of twenty-four seven.
- 2006, Scuba Diving (issues 1-6, page 49)
- He banned spearfishing wherever he could, started the first eco-moorings in the Caribbean, stopped others from coral- and shell-collecting, and had so much fun 24/7 that some unusually powerful people began to hang with him.
- 2006, Scuba Diving (issues 1-6, page 49)
TranslationsEdit
abbreviation of twenty-four seven
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English 24/7, while the reading kaksi(kymmentä) neljä seitsemän is a calque of English twenty-four seven.
PronunciationEdit
Either as kaksikymmentä neljä seitsemän, kaksi neljä seitsemän or kaksi neljä seiska (the final i of kaksi may be omitted as usual in colloquial pronunciations)