English Explanatory Dictionary

seven

English dictionary entry

Meanings

num
  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.
noun
  1. The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof.
  2. A card bearing seven pips.
  3. The soft drink 7 Up.
name
  1. A river in North Yorkshire, England that flows through Rosedale to join the Rye.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɛvən/ /ˈsɛvn̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-seven.wav En-us-seven.ogg [ˈsɛbm̩]

Word forms

seven 7 VII sev'n sevens

Etymology

PIE word *septḿ̥ 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 सप्त (saptá).

Related words

seventh Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

Derived words

four score and seven years ago at six and seven at sixes and sevens city of seven hills cloud seven dance of the seven veils deuce-to-seven lowball four score seven years ago grade seven Group of Seven line of seven magnificent seven Mercury Seven number seven on cloud seven Our Lady of the Seven Dolors Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows rugby sevens seven and a half seven and seven seven-arm octopus seven arts sevenbark 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 seven figures sevenfold seven-footer sevengill Seven Hills Seven Hills of Rome seven hundred seven iron sevenish Seven Islands seven-layer cake seven-layer dip seven-layer salad seven-league boot seven-league boots sevenless seven-level seven-level screwdriver sevenling seven minutes in heaven sevenness sevennight Seven Oaks seven o'clock seven out sevenpence sevenpenny
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