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Webster 1913 Edition

Seven

Sev′en

Adj.

[OE.

seven

seoven

seofen

, AS.

seofon

seofan

seofen

; akin to D.

zeven

, OS., Goth., & OHG.

sibun

, G.

sieben

, Icel.

sjau

sjö

, Sw.

sju

, Dan.

syv

, Lith.

septyni

, Russ.

seme

, W.

saith

, Gael.

seachd

, Ir.

seacht

, L.

septem

, Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], Skr.

saptan

. √305. Cf.

Hebdomad

Heptagon

September

One more than six; six and one added;

as,

seven

days make one week

Seven sciences

See the Note under

Science

Noun.

, 4.

–

Seven stars

(Astron.)

the Pleiades.

–

Seven wonders of the world

See under

Wonders

–

Seven-year apple

(Bot.)

a rubiaceous shrub (

Genipa clusiifolia

) growing in the West Indies; also, its edible fruit.

–

Seven-year vine

(Bot.)

a tropical climbing plant (

Ipomœa tuberosa

) related to the morning-glory.

Sev′en

Noun.

The number greater by one than six; seven units or objects.

Of every beast, and bird, and insect small,
Game

sevens

and pairs.

Milton.

A symbol representing seven units, as 7, or vii.

Webster 1828 Edition

Seven

SEVEN

Adj.

sev'n [L. septem.] Four and three; one more than six or less than eight. Seven days constitute a week. We read in Scripture of seven years of plenty, and seven years of famine, seven trumpets, seven seals, seven vials, &c.

Definition 2024

Seven

See also: seven

Turkish

Proper noun

Seven

A female given name
A male given name

seven

See also: Seven

English

**English numbers**
	70
< 6	7	8 >
Cardinal : seven Ordinal : seventh Multiplier : septuple

Alternative forms

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

Numeral

seven

(cardinal) A numerical value equal to 7; the number occurring after six and before eight.

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)

Related terms

seventh

Translations

cardinal number 7

Abkhaz: бжьба ‎(bž̍bā)
Adyghe: блы ‎(blə)
Afrikaans: sewe
Ainu: アㇻワン ‎(arwan)
Albanian: shtatë (sq)
Alutiiq: mallrungin
American Sign Language:
Amharic: ሰባት (am) ‎(säbat) (numeral: ፯ ‎(7))
Arabic: سَبْعَة ‎(sabʿa), (numeral: ٧ ‎(7))
Egyptian Arabic: سبعة ‎(sabaʿa)
Aragonese: siet, siete, set
Aramaic:

Hebrew: שבעא m ‎(šabʕā’), שבע f ‎(šbaʕ)

Syriac: ܫܒܥܐ m ‎(šabʕā’), ܫܒܥ f ‎(šbaʕ)
Armenian: յոթ (hy) ‎(yotʿ)
Old Armenian: եօթն ‎(eōtʿn)
Aromanian: shapti, shapte
Assamese:
Asturian: siete (ast)
Aymara: paqallqu
Azeri: yeddi (az)
Balinese: pitu
Bashkir: ете ‎(yete)
Basque: zazpi (eu)
Belarusian: сем (be) ‎(sjem), (collective) сямёра ‎(sjamjóra)
Bengali: সাত ‎(sat) (numeral: ৭ ‎(7))
Breton: seizh (br)
Bulgarian: се́дем (bg) ‎(sédem)
Burmese: ခုနစ် (my) ‎(hku.nac) (numeral: ၇ ‎(7))
Buryat: долоон ‎(doloon)
Catalan: set (ca)
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵙⴰ ‎(sa)
Chamicuro: kanchis
Chechen: ворхӏ ‎(worh)
Cherokee: ᎦᎵᏉᎩ ‎(galiquogi)
Chichewa: sanu n'ziwiri
Chinese:

Cantonese: 七 ‎(chat¹)

Hakka: 七 ‎(chhit)

Min Dong: 七 ‎(ceig)

Min Nan: 七 (zh-min-nan) ‎(chhit) (Xiamen)

Mandarin: 七 (zh) ‎(qī) (numeral: 柒 (zh))

Wu: 七 ‎(tshiq)

Xiang: 七 ‎(tshiu)
Chuvash: ҫиччӗ ‎(śiččĕ), ҫичӗ ‎(śičĕ), ҫич ‎(śič)
Classical Nahuatl: chicōme
Coptic: ϣⲁϣϥ ‎(šašf)
Cornish: seyth
Corsican: setti (co)
Crimean Tatar: yedi
Czech: sedm (cs)
Dalmatian: sapto
Danish: syv (da)
Dena'ina: qents'ughi'i
Dhivehi:
Dolgan: һэттэ ‎(hette)
Dupaninan Agta: pitu
Dutch: zeven (nl)
Dzongkha:
Eastern Mari: шымыт ‎(šəmət)
Erzya: сисем ‎(sisem)
Esperanto: sep (eo)
Estonian: seitse (et)
Evenki: надан ‎(nadan)
Faroese: sjey (fo)
Fijian: vitu (fj)
Finnish: seitsemän (fi)
French: sept (fr)
Friulian: siet
Galician: sete (gl)
Garifuna: sedü
Ge'ez: ሰብዐቱ m ‎(säbʿätu), ሰብዑ f ‎(säbʿu) (numeral: ፯ ‎(7))
Georgian: შვიდი (ka) ‎(švidi)
German: sieben (de)
Gilbertese: itiua
Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽 ‎(sibun)
Greek: επτά (el) ‎(eptá), ζ΄ ‎(z΄) (numeral)
Ancient Greek: ἑπτά ‎(heptá)
Greenlandic: arfineq marluk
Guaraní: pokõi
Gujarati: સાત (gu) ‎(sāt) (numeral: ૭ (gu) ‎(7))
Haitian Creole: sèt
Hausa: bakwài
Hawaiian: hiku, ʻehiku
Hebrew: שֶׁבַע (he) f ‎(sheva) (used in counting), שִׁבְעָה (he) m ‎(shiv'a)
Hindi: सात (hi) ‎(sāt) (numeral: ७ (hi) ‎(7))
Hopi: tsangeʼ
Hungarian: hét (hu)
Icelandic: sjö (is)
Ido: sep (io)
Ilocano: pito
Inari Sami: čiččâm
Indonesian: tujuh (id)
Interlingua: septe
Irish: seacht (ga)
Istriot: siete, sjete
Istro-Romanian: şåpte
Italian: sette (it)
Japanese: 七 (ja) ‎(しち, shichi; なな, nana; ななつ, nanatsu), ７ (ja)
Javanese: pitu (jv)
Judeo-Tat: хьэфд ‎(ħəfd)
Kalmyk: долан ‎(dolan)
Kannada: ಏಳು (kn) ‎(ēḷu) (numeral: ೭ (kn) ‎(7))
Karachay-Balkar: джети
Karelian: seiččemen
Kashubian: sétmë
Kazakh: жеті (kk) ‎(jeti)
Khakas: читi ‎(çiti)
Khmer: ប្រាំពីរ (km) ‎(pram pii) (numeral: ៧ ‎(7))
Komi-Zyrian: сізым ‎(sïzym)
Korean: 일곱 (ko) ‎(ilgop), 칠 (ko) ‎(chil), 七 (ko)
Kurdish:

Kurmanji: heft (ku)

Sorani: حەوت ‎(ḧewt)
Kyrgyz: жети (ky) ‎(ceti)
Ladin: set
Lakota: šakówiŋ
Lao: ເຈັດ ‎(chet) (numeral: ໗ ‎())
Latgalian: septeni m, septenis f
Latin: septem (la)
Latvian: septiņi (lv) m, septiņas f
Lithuanian: septyni (lt) m, septynios f
Livonian: seis
Lojban: ze
Low German:

Dutch Low Saxon: söben, söven (nds), seben, seven (nds)

German Low German: sëwe, sëwen, sæwen, sæben, söven (nds)
Luxembourgish: siwen (lb)
Macedonian: седум (mk) ‎(sedum)
Madurese: pɛttɔʔ
Malagasy: fito (mg)

Malay:

Rumi: tujuh (ms), pitu (ms), sapta

Jawi: توجوه, ڤيتو, سڤتا
Malayalam: ഏഴു (ml) ‎(ēḻu), ഏഴ് (ml) ‎(ēḻ)
Maltese: sebgħa
Manchu: nadan
Mangarevan: hitu, itu
Mansi: сат ‎(sāt)
Manx: shiaght
Maori: whitu (mi)
Marathi: सात ‎(sāt)
Maricopa: paxkieg
Marshallese: jimjuon
Middle English: seoven
Minangkabau: tujuah
Mirandese: siete
Moksha: сисем ‎(sisem)
Mon: ထပှ် ‎(həpɔh)
Mongolian: долоо (mn) ‎(doloo), ^{(please verify)}ᠳᠣᠯᠤᠭᠠᠨ ‎(ᠳᠣᠯᠤᠭᠠᠨ) (numeral: ᠗)
Montagnais: (Sheshatshiu Innu) nishuasht, (Mushuau Innu) nishuautash
Nahuatl: chicome (nah)
Nama: hû
Nauruan: aeiu
Navajo: tsostsʼid
Nepali: सात (ne) ‎(sāt)
Nogai: ети ‎(yeti)
North Frisian:

Föhr-Amrum: sööwen

Helgoland: seeben

Mooring and Sylt: soowen
Northern Sami: čieža
Norwegian: sju (no), syv (no)
Novial: set
O'odham: vevkam
Occitan: sèt (oc)
Ojibwe: niizhwaaswi
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: сєдмь ‎(sedmĭ)
Old English: seofon
Old Frisian: siūgun
Old High German: sibun
Old Norse: sjau
Old Turkic: 𐰘𐱅𐰃 ‎(yeti)
Oriya: ସାତ ‎(sāt) (numeral: ୭)
Oscan: 𐌔𐌄𐌚𐌕𐌄𐌍 ‎(seften)
Ossetian: авд ‎(avd)
Ottoman Turkish: يدی ‎(yedi)
Pali: सत्त, satta
Pashto: اوه ‎(uwë)
Persian: هَفت (fa) ‎(haft) (numeral: ۷)
Polish: siedem (pl), (collective) siedmioro (pl)
Portuguese: sete (pt)
Punjabi: ਸੱਤ (pa) ‎(satt) (numeral: ੭ ‎(7))
Quechua: qanchis, gancis
Rajasthani:
Romanian: șapte (ro)
Romansch: set, siat, seat
Russian: семь (ru) ‎(semʹ), (collective) се́меро (ru) ‎(sémero)
Rusyn: сім ‎(sim)
S'gaw Karen: နွံ ‎(nwi)
Samoan: fitu (sm)
Sanskrit: सप्तन् (sa) ‎(saptán)
Sardinian: sete, seti
Saterland Frisian: soogen
Scots: seiven
Scottish Gaelic: seachd, (persons) seachdnar m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: седам

Roman: sedam
Shan: ၸဵတ်း
Sichuan Yi: ꏃ ‎(shyp)
Sicilian: setti (scn), sietti (scn)
Sikkimese: དུཨིན ‎(duin)
Silesian: śedym
Sindhi: سَتَ ‎(sata)
Sinhalese: හත (si) ‎(hata)
Skolt Sami: čiččâm
Slovak: sedem
Slovene: sédem (sl)
Somali: toddoba (so)
Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: sedym

Upper Sorbian: sydom
Southern Altai: јети ‎(ǰätï)
Spanish: siete (es)
Sranan Tongo: seybi
Swahili: saba (sw)
Swedish: sju (sv)
Tagalog: pito (tl)
Tahitian: hitu
Tajik: ҳафт (tg) ‎(haft)
Tamil: ஏழு (ta) ‎(ēḻu) (numeral: ௭ ‎(௭))
Tashelhit: sa m, f
Tatar: җиде (tt) ‎(cide)
Telugu: ఏడు (te) ‎(ēḍu) (numeral: ౭ (te) ‎(7))
Thai: เจ็ด (th) ‎(jèt) (numeral: ๗ (th))
Tibetan: བདུན ‎(bdun) (numeral: ༧ ‎(7))
Tigre: ሰቡዕ ‎(säbuʿ) (numeral: ፯ ‎(7))
Tigrinya: ሸውዓተ (ti) ‎(šäwʿatä) (numeral: ፯ ‎(7))
Tocharian A: ṣpät
Tocharian B: ṣukt
Tok Pisin: sevenpela
Tongan: fitu
Turkish: yedi (tr)
Turkmen: ýedi (tk)
Tuvaluan: fitu
Tuvan: чеди ‎(čädï)
Tz'utujil: ^{(please verify)}wuku
Ukrainian: сім (uk) ‎(sim), се́меро ‎(sémero) (collective)
Unami: nishash
Urdu: سات ‎(sāt)
Uyghur: يەتتە (ug) ‎(yette)
Uzbek: yetti (uz)
Venetian: sete
Veps: seicheme
Vietnamese: bảy (vi)
Volapük: vel (vo)
Votic: seitsee
Võro: säidse
Walloon: set (wa)
Waray-Waray: siete
Welsh: saith (cy)
West Frisian: sân (fy)
Winnebago: šaagowį
Xhosa: sixhenxe
Yakut: сэттэ ‎(sette)
Yiddish: זיבן ‎(zibn)
Yup'ik: malrunlegen
Zulu: sikhombisa
Zuni: kwilelekk'ya

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

the figure seven

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven

Playing cards in English · playing cards (layout · text)

ace	deuce, two	three	four	five	six	seven

eight	nine	ten	jack	queen	king	joker

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: political · reading · German · #776: seven · notice · week · stone

Anagrams

Breton

Adjective

seven

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