seven

See also: Seven

Translingual

Signal flag for the digit 7

Etymology

From English seven.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛvən]

Noun

seven

1. (international standards) NATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 7.

   Synonym: setteseven (ITU/IMO)

English

English numbers ^(edit)

	70
←  6	7	8  →
Cardinal: seven     Ordinal: seventh     Latinate ordinal: septenary     Adverbial: seven times     Multiplier: sevenfold     Latinate multiplier: septuple     Distributive: septuply     Group collective: sevensome     Multipart 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 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-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).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛvn̩/

• Audio (RP, male)

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛvən/

• Audio (GA, female)

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• (casually also) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛbm̩]
• Homophone: Severn (non-rhotic accents)
• Rhymes: -ɛvən
• Hyphenation: se‧ven

Numeral

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.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 6:1–5:

     1 Now Iericho was straitly shut vp, because of the children of Israel: none went out, & none came in.
     2 And the Lord said vnto Ioshua, See, I haue giuen into thine hand Iericho, and the King thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
     3 And ye shall compasse the city, all yee men of warre, and goe round about the city once: thus shalt thou doe sixe dayes.
     4 And seuen Priests shall beare before the Arke seuen trumpets of rams hornes: and the seuenth day yee shall compasse the city seuen times, and the Priests shall blow with the trumpets.
     5 And it shall come to passe that when they make a long blast with the rammes-horne, and when ye heare the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout: and the wall of the citie shall fall downe flat, and the people shall ascend vp euery man straight before him.

   • 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 notes

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 Creation in The Towneley Plays, ll. 50–51)

Derived terms

• four score and seven years ago

Related terms

• seventh

Translations

See seven/translations § Numeral.

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.

Derived terms

Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven

• at six and seven
• at sixes and sevens
• city of seven hills
• dance of the seven veils
• deuce-to-seven lowball
• four score seven years ago
• grade seven
• Group of Seven
• magnificent seven
• Mercury Seven
• number seven
• rugby sevens
• seven and a half
• seven and seven
• seven-arm octopus
• seven arts
• seven bells
• seven card stud
• seven-card stud
• seven come eleven
• seven-day wonder
• seven deadly sins
• seven dirty words
• seven-eighths
• seven eighths
• Sevener/sevener
• sevenfold
• seven-footer
• Seven Hills of Rome
• seven hundred
• seven iron
• seven-layer cake
• seven-layer dip
• seven-layer salad
• seven-league boot
• seven-league boots
• seven-level
• seven-level screwdriver
• seven minutes in heaven
• sevenness
• sevennight
• seven o'clock
• seven out
• sevens
• Seven Sages
• sevenscore
• seven seals
• seven seas
• seven second delay
• seven-segment
• seven shades
• seven-shooter
• Seven Sisters
• Seven Sleepers Day
• sevensome
• seventh
• seven-thirties
• seven-thirty
• seven thousand
• seven-toed Pete
• seven-up
• seven-veil dance
• seven virtues
• Seven Wonders of the World
• seven-year apple
• seven-year itch
• seven-year vine
• triple seven
• twenty-four seven
• unseven

 

Translations

the figure seven

• Asturian: siete (ast) m
• Basque: zazpi (eu)
• Belarusian: сямёрка f (sjamjórka)
• Catalan: set (ca) m
• Danish: syvtal n
• Dupaningan Agta: pitu
• Dutch: zeven (nl) f
• Finnish: seiska (fi), seitsemäinen, seitsikko (fi)
• French: sept (fr)
• Galician: sete (gl) m or f
• German: Sieben (de) f

  Alemannic German: sibe

• Hungarian: hetes (hu)
• Khmer: ប្រាំពីរ (km) (pram pi)
• Lithuanian: septynetas (lt) m
• Macedonian: седмица f (sedmica), седумка f (sedumka)
• Norwegian: sjutall n, syvtall n
• Pennsylvania German: siwwe
• Polish: siódemka (pl) f
• Portuguese: sete (pt) m
• Romanian: șapte (ro)
• Russian: семёрка (ru) f (semjórka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сѐдмица f

  Roman: sèdmica (sh) f

• Slovak: sedmička f
• Spanish: siete (es)
• Swahili: saba (sw)
• Swedish: sjua (sv) c
• Tagalog: pito (tl)
• Walloon: set (wa)

a card bearing seven pips

• Catalan: set (ca) m
• Danish: syver c
• Dutch: zeven (nl) f
• Finnish: seiska (fi)
• Hungarian: hetes (hu)
• Macedonian: седмица f (sedmica)
• Polish: siódemka (pl) f
• Portuguese: sete (pt) m
• Russian: семёрка (ru) f (semjórka)
• Slovak: sedma f
• Swedish: sjua (sv) c

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

Translations to be checked

• Romanian: (1) ^{(please verify)} șapte (ro) m, (2) ^{(please verify)} șeptar (ro) m
• Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} сі́мка (uk) f (símka)

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

• Evens, Neves, eevns, evens, neves, névés

Bislama

Bislama cardinal numbers

<  6	7	8  >
Cardinal : seven

Etymology

From English seven.

Numeral

seven

1. seven

Breton

Adjective

seven

1. courteous

Dutch Low Saxon

Numeral

seven

1. Alternative form of zeuven (seven)

Fanagalo

Etymology

Borrowed from English seven.

Numeral

seven

1. seven

Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛːvən/

Etymology 1

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

Numeral

sēven

1. seven

Descendants

• Dutch: zeven
• Limburgish: zeve
• Zealandic: zeven

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

• Dutch: zeven

Further reading

• “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 English

Middle English numbers ^(edit)

	70
←  6	7	8  →
Cardinal: seven     Ordinal: seventhe     Multiplier: sevenefold

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• ceven, seofen, seoven, sevene, sevyn, sewyn
• zeven, zeve (Kent)

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

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 […]

Related terms

• sevenefold
• seventene
• seventhe
• seventy
• sevenyght

 

Descendants

• English: seven
• Middle Scots: sevin, sewin
  • Scots: seiven, seeven
• Yola: zeven

References

• “sē̆ven, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

seven

1. Alternative form of sweven

Scots

Numeral

seven

1. Alternative form of seiven

Tok Pisin

Tok Pisin numbers ^(edit)

	70
←  6	7	8  →
Cardinal: seven

Etymology

From English seven.

Numeral

seven

1. seven

Usage notes

Used when counting; see also sevenpela.

Coordinate terms

Tok Pisin cardinal numbers from 1 to 99

	—0	—1	—2	—3	—4	—5	—6	—7	—8	—9
0—	—	wan	tu	tri	foa	faiv	sikis	seven	et	nain
1—	ten	eleven	twelv	tetin	fotin	fiftin	sikistin	seventin	etin	naintin
2—	twenti	tupela ten wan	tupela ten tu	tupela ten tri	tupela ten foa	tupela ten faiv	tupela ten sikis	tupela ten seven	tupela ten et	tupela ten nain
3—	teti	tripela ten wan	tripela ten tu	tripela ten tri	tripela ten foa	tripela ten faiv	tripela ten sikis	tripela ten seven	tripela ten et	tripela ten nain
4—	foti	fopela ten wan	fopela ten tu	fopela ten tri	fopela ten foa	fopela ten faiv	fopela ten sikis	fopela ten seven	fopela ten et	fopela ten nain
5—	fifti	faivpela ten wan	faivpela ten tu	faivpela ten tri	faivpela ten foa	faivpela ten faiv	faivpela ten sikis	faivpela ten seven	faivpela ten et	faivpela ten nain
6—	sikisti	sikispela ten wan	sikispela ten tu	sikispela ten tri	sikispela ten foa	sikispela ten faiv	sikispela ten sikis	sikispela ten seven	sikispela ten et	sikispela ten nain
7—	seventi	sevenpela ten wan	sevenpela ten tu	sevenpela ten tri	sevenpela ten foa	sevenpela ten faiv	sevenpela ten sikis	sevenpela ten seven	sevenpela ten et	sevenpela ten nain
8—	eti	etpela ten wan	etpela ten tu	etpela ten tri	etpela ten foa	etpela ten faiv	etpela ten sikis	etpela ten seven	etpela ten et	etpela ten nain
9—	nainti	nainpela ten wan	nainpela ten tu	nainpela ten tri	nainpela ten foa	nainpela ten faiv	nainpela ten sikis	nainpela ten seven	nainpela ten et	nainpela ten nain

Turkish

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

seven

1. loving, affectionate

Related terms

• sevgi
• sevilen
• sevmek

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 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

Antonyms

• sevmeyen