seven
TranslingualEdit
Signal flag for the digit 7 |
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
seven
- (international standards) NATO & ICAO phonetic alphabet clear code for the digit 7.
- Synonym: setteseven (ITU/IMO)
ReferencesEdit
EnglishEdit
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
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
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈsɛvən/
- (casually also) IPA(key): [ˈsɛbm̩]
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK male) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛvən
- Homophone: Severn (non-rhotic accents)
NumeralEdit
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 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 alsoEdit
NounEdit
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 termsEdit
- at sixes and sevens
- dance of the seven veils
- deuce-to-seven lowball
- Group of Seven
- rugby sevens
- seven card stud
- seven deadly sins
- Sevener/sevener
- sevenfold
- Seven Hills of Rome
- seven iron
- seven-league boots
- seven minutes in heaven
- sevenness
- sevennight
- seven out
- sevens
- Seven Sages
- sevenscore
- seven seals
- seven seas
- seven second delay
- Seven Sisters
- Seven Sleepers Day
- sevensome
- seventh
- seven-up
- seven virtues
- Seven Wonders of the World
- seven-year itch
- twenty-four seven
- unseven
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
< 6 | 7 | 8 > |
---|---|---|
Cardinal : seven | ||
EtymologyEdit
NumeralEdit
seven
BretonEdit
AdjectiveEdit
seven
Dutch Low SaxonEdit
NumeralEdit
seven
FanagaloEdit
EtymologyEdit
NumeralEdit
seven
Middle DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Dutch sivun, sivon, from Proto-West Germanic *sebun, from Proto-Germanic *sebun.
NumeralEdit
sēven
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
sēven
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
- Dutch: zeven
Further readingEdit
- “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 EnglishEdit
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
NumeralEdit
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 […]
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “sē̆ven, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
seven
- Alternative form of sweven
ScotsEdit
NumeralEdit
seven
- Alternative form of seiven
Tok PisinEdit
70 | ||
← 6 | 7 | 8 → |
---|---|---|
Cardinal: seven |
EtymologyEdit
NumeralEdit
seven
Usage notesEdit
Used when counting; see also sevenpela.
TurkishEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
seven
Related termsEdit
NounEdit
seven (definite accusative seveni, plural sevenler)
- lover (somebody who loves)