seven

See also: Seven

English
English numbers (edit)
70
 ←  6 7 8  → 
    Cardinal: seven
    Ordinal: seventh
    Multiplier: septuple, sevenfold
    Distributive: septuply

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

Etymology

From Middle English seven, from Old English seofon (“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
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈsɛv.ən/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛvən

Numeral

seven

  1. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 7; the number following six and preceding eight. This many dots: (•••••••).
  2. Describing a group or set with seven elements.

Usage notes

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)

Translations

See also
  • Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

Noun

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.

Translations
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Derived terms
Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven

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

Anagrams

Breton

Adjective

seven

  1. courteous

Dutch Low Saxon

Numeral

seven

  1. Alternative form of zeuven (seven)

Middle Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛːvən/

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch sivun, sivon, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from earlier *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥, with -t added through influence of "nine" and "ten".

Numeral

sēven

  1. seven
Descendants

Etymology 2

From sēve +‎ -en.

Verb

sēven

  1. to sift, to sieve
Inflection
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 —
Descendants

Further reading
  • “seven”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “seven (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
  • “seven (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English seofon, in turn from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Pronunciation
  • (Early ME) IPA(key): /ˈsøːvən/, /ˈsœvən/
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛːvən/, /ˈsɛvən/

Numeral
cardinal number
7 Previous: six
Next: eighte

seven

  1. seven

Descendants

Scots

Numeral

seven

  1. Alternative form of seiven

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English seven.

Numeral

seven

  1. seven

Usage notes

Used when counting; see also sevenpela.

Turkish

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

Adjective

seven (comparative daha seven, superlative en seven)

  1. loving, affectionate

Noun

seven (definite accusative seveni, plural sevenler)

  1. lover (somebody who loves)

Declension
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
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

Antonyms
  • sevmeyen
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