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seven
Translingual
Etymology
From English seven
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?sev.n]
Numeral
seven
- Code word for the digit 7 in the NATO/ICAO spelling alphabet
Synonyms
ITU/IMO code word setteseven
References
English
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 *sept?? (“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 ???? (heptá, “seven”), Russian ???? (sem?), Sanskrit ?????? (saptán).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?s?v.?n/. In casual speech also ? /?sebm/ (not before a vowel sound).
- Rhymes: -?v?n
- Homophone: Severn (non-rhotic accents)
Numeral
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.
Usage notes
Like other numerals, sometimes used postpositively in Late Middle English and Early Modern English, for example?
- Sun and moon set in the heaven, with stars, and the planets seven. (The Towneley plays)
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)
- The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof.
- He wrote three sevens on the paper.
- (countable, card games) A card bearing seven pips.
Translations
Derived terms
See also
Anagrams
- Evens, Neves, eevns, evens, neves, névés
Bislama
Etymology
From English seven.
Numeral
seven
- seven
Breton
Adjective
seven
- courteous
Dutch Low Saxon
Numeral
seven
- Alternative form of zeuven (seven)
Fanagalo
Etymology
Borrowed from English seven.
Numeral
seven
- seven
Middle Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?z??v?n/
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch sivun, sivon, from Proto-West Germanic *sebun, from Proto-Germanic *sebun.
Numeral
s?ven
- seven
Descendants
- Dutch: zeven
- Limburgish: zeve
- Zealandic: zeven
Etymology 2
From s?ve +? -en.
Verb
s?ven
- to sift, to sieve
Inflection
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
Etymology 1
From Old English seofon
Alternative forms
- seofen, seoven, sevene, ceven, sevyn, sewyn
Pronunciation
- (Early ME) IPA(key): /?sø?v?n/, /?sœv?n/
- IPA(key): /?s??v?n/, /?s?v?n/
Numeral
seven
- seven
Related terms
- sevenefold
- seventene
- sevenþe
- sevenyght
Descendants
- English: seven
- Scots: seiven, seeven (obsolete sevin, sewin)
- Yola: zeven
Etymology 2
From Old English swefn.
Noun
seven
- Alternative form of sweven
Scots
Numeral
seven
- Alternative form of seiven
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English seven.
Numeral
seven
- 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)
- loving, affectionate
Related terms
- sevgi
- sevilen
- sevmek
Noun
seven (definite accusative seveni, plural sevenler)
- lover (somebody who loves)
Declension
Antonyms
- sevmeyen
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vespers
English
Etymology
From Middle English vespers, from Old French vespres (French vêpres), from Latin vesper (“evening star”).
Noun
vespers (uncountable)
- (Christianity) The sixth of the seven canonical hours
Related terms
- smokefall
Noun
vespers
- plural of vesper
Middle English
Alternative forms
- vespres
Etymology
From Old French vespres, from Latin vesper (“evening star”).
Noun
vespers (uncountable)
- (Christianity) The sixth of the seven canonical hours.
- (Christianity) The liturgical service celebrated at this time.
Descendants
- English: vespers
See also
- Vesper
References
- “vesper, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018.
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