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seven

See also: Seven

TranslingualEdit

 
Signal flag for the digit 7

EtymologyEdit

From English seven.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

seven

  1. (international standards) NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet clear code for the digit 7.
    Synonym: setteseven (ITU/IMO)

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ 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 §5.2.1.4.3.1

EnglishEdit

 
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English numbers (edit)
70
 ←  6 7 8  → 
    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 formsEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

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).

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

seven

  1. 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 notesEdit

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)

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

See seven/translations § Numeral.

See alsoEdit

NounEdit

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.

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven

TranslationsEdit

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

See alsoEdit

Playing cards in English · playing cards (layout · text)
             
ace deuce, two three four five six seven
             
eight nine ten jack, knave queen king joker

AnagramsEdit

BislamaEdit

Bislama cardinal numbers
 <  6 7 8  > 
    Cardinal : seven

EtymologyEdit

From English seven.

NumeralEdit

seven

  1. seven

BretonEdit

AdjectiveEdit

seven

  1. courteous

Dutch Low SaxonEdit

NumeralEdit

seven

  1. Alternative form of zeuven (seven)

FanagaloEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English seven.

NumeralEdit

seven

  1. seven

Middle DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Dutch sivun, sivon, from Proto-West Germanic *sebun, from Proto-Germanic *sebun.

NumeralEdit

sēven

  1. seven
DescendantsEdit
  • Dutch: zeven
  • Limburgish: zeve
  • Zealandic: zeven

Etymology 2Edit

From sēve +‎ -en.

VerbEdit

sēven

  1. to sift, to sieve
InflectionEdit
Weak
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 —
DescendantsEdit

Further readingEdit

Middle EnglishEdit

Middle English numbers (edit)
70
 ←  6 7 8  → 
    Cardinal: seven
    Ordinal: seventhe
    Multiplier: sevenefold

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English seofon. Forms with final /ə/ are from Old English inflected forms.

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛːvən(ə)/, /ˈsɛvən(ə)/
  • (early) IPA(key): /ˈsøːvən(ə)/, /ˈsœvən(ə)/

NumeralEdit

seven

  1. 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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DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

seven

  1. Alternative form of sweven

ScotsEdit

NumeralEdit

seven

  1. Alternative form of seiven

Tok PisinEdit

Tok Pisin numbers (edit)
70
 ←  6 7 8  → 
    Cardinal: seven

EtymologyEdit

From English seven.

NumeralEdit

seven

  1. seven

Usage notesEdit

Used when counting; see also sevenpela.

TurkishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [seven]
  • Hyphenation: sev‧en

AdjectiveEdit

seven

  1. loving, affectionate

Related termsEdit

NounEdit

seven (definite accusative seveni, plural sevenler)

  1. lover (somebody who loves)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection
Nominative seven
Definite accusative seveni
Singular Plural
Nominative seven sevenler
Definite accusative seveni sevenleri
Dative sevene sevenlere
Locative sevende sevenlerde
Ablative sevenden sevenlerden
Genitive sevenin sevenlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular sevenim sevenlerim
2nd singular sevenin sevenlerin
3rd singular seveni sevenleri
1st plural sevenimiz sevenlerimiz
2nd plural seveniniz sevenleriniz
3rd plural sevenleri sevenleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular sevenimi sevenlerimi
2nd singular sevenini sevenlerini
3rd singular sevenini sevenlerini
1st plural sevenimizi sevenlerimizi
2nd plural seveninizi sevenlerinizi
3rd plural sevenlerini sevenlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular sevenime sevenlerime
2nd singular sevenine sevenlerine
3rd singular sevenine sevenlerine
1st plural sevenimize sevenlerimize
2nd plural seveninize sevenlerinize
3rd plural sevenlerine sevenlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular sevenimde sevenlerimde
2nd singular seveninde sevenlerinde
3rd singular seveninde sevenlerinde
1st plural sevenimizde sevenlerimizde
2nd plural seveninizde sevenlerinizde
3rd plural sevenlerinde sevenlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular sevenimden sevenlerimden
2nd singular seveninden sevenlerinden
3rd singular seveninden sevenlerinden
1st plural sevenimizden sevenlerimizden
2nd plural seveninizden sevenlerinizden
3rd plural sevenlerinden sevenlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular sevenimin sevenlerimin
2nd singular seveninin sevenlerinin
3rd singular seveninin sevenlerinin
1st plural sevenimizin sevenlerimizin
2nd plural seveninizin sevenlerinizin
3rd plural sevenlerinin sevenlerinin

AntonymsEdit

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