seven
English
/ˈsɛv.ən/
numeral
Definitions
- A numerical value equal to 7; the number following six and preceding eight. This many dots: (•••••••).
- Describing a group or set with seven elements.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English seven inherited from Old English seofon (seven) inherited from *sebun (seven) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sebun (seven) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (seven).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*septḿ̥
Gloss
seven
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Number
Kanji
七
Emoji
🕖️ 🕢️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Sevener English
- fluoride English
- gill English
- hepta- English
- pence English
- penny English
- propane English
- rugby English
- rugby sevens English
- score English
- septet English
- septuplex English
- sevenfold English
- sevenfoldness English
- sevengill English
- sevenish English
- sevenless English
- sevenling English
- sevenness English
- sevenpence English
- sevenpenny English
- sevenplex English
- sevenscore English
- sevensies English
- sevensome English
- seventy English
- seventyfold English
- seventyish English
- sevoflurane English
- unseven English
- -ber Latin
- septangulus Latin
- septem Latin
- september Latin
- septeni Latin
- septentrio Latin
- septicollis Latin
- septiens Latin
- septies Latin
- septimus Latin
- septipes Latin
- septunx Latin
- Siebenbürgen German
- Siebener German
- Siebenganggetriebe German
- Siebenmeilenstiefel German
- Siebensachen German
- Siebenschläfertag German
- durchsieben German
- sieben German
- sieben Todsünden German
- siebenjährig German
- siebenköpfig German
- siebenmal German
- siebenminütig German
- siebenmonatig German
- siebenprozentig German
- siebenseitig German
- siebenstellig German
- siebenstündig German
- siebentägig German
- siebenundachtzig German
- siebenundzwanzig German
- siebenwertig German
- siebenwöchig German
- sette Italian
- doorzeven Dutch, Flemish
- zepto- Dutch, Flemish
- zeven Dutch, Flemish
- zevenduizend Dutch, Flemish
- zevenhonderd Dutch, Flemish
- zevenmijlslaars Dutch, Flemish
- zevenslaper Dutch, Flemish
- septidi French
- семилетие Russian
- семилетний Russian
- семиструнный Russian
- семиугольник Russian
- семь Russian
- siete Spanish, Castilian
- πλέκω Ancient Greek
- ἑπτά Ancient Greek
- ἑπτακότυλος Ancient Greek
- ἑπταμερής Ancient Greek
- *septḿ̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *séptm̥ Proto-Indo-European
- syv Norwegian Bokmål
- *sebun Proto-Germanic
- セブン Japanese
- seofon Old English
- seofonfeald Old English
- seofonnihte Old English
- सप्तन् Sanskrit
- सप्तम Sanskrit
- seven Middle English
- sevenefold Middle English
- seventene Middle English
- seventy Middle English
- sevenyght Middle English
- sevenþe Middle English
- heipti- Irish
- sjau Old Norse
- syv Danish
- syvsproget Danish
- *sedmь Proto-Slavic
- set Old French
- sep Esperanto
- set Catalan, Valencian
- sjö Icelandic
- șapte Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- هفت Persian
- هفته Persian
- επτά Greek (modern)
- seven Middle Dutch
- sēven Middle Dutch
- sebun Old High German
- sibun Old High German
- septiņi Latvian
- septiņnieks Latvian
- եօթն Old Armenian
- sewe Afrikaans
- సప్తము Telugu
- sept Norman
- siben Middle High German
- 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽 Gothic
- *sebun gmw-pro
- sivun Old Dutch
- sete Old Portuguese
- *sextam Proto-Celtic
- sȫven Middle Low German
- satta Pali
- sibane Cimbrian
- zibane Cimbrian
- zibante Cimbrian
- સાત Gujarati
- *saptá Proto-Indo-Iranian
- sivun Old Saxon
- shapti Aromanian
- sibe Alemannic German
- sèt Occitan
- *septem Proto-Italic
- seat Romansh
- set Romansh
- siat Romansh
- siete Asturian
- seiven Scots
- siet Friulian
- *saptá Proto-Indo-Aryan
- সাত Bengali
- sân Western Frisian
- siugun Old Frisian
- siūgun Old Frisian
- sæben German Low German
- setti Sicilian
- hp̄t' Middle Persian
- sete Venetian
- seven Tok Pisin
- sevenpela Tok Pisin
- seventi Tok Pisin
- *septin Proto-Balto-Slavic
- sètte Ligurian
- sapto Dalmatian
- *haptá Proto-Iranian
- ਸੱਤ Panjabi, Punjabi
- sim Mòcheno
- set Walloon
- ṣukt Tocharian B
- seybi Sranan Tongo
- set Ladin
- sete Sardinian
- siete Istriot
- *heptə́ Proto-Hellenic
- 𐬵𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬀 Avestan
- sette Corsican
- siet Aragonese
- اووه Pashto, Pushto
- siete Mirandese
- seven Fanagalo
- ṣpät Tocharian A
- ꠢꠣꠔ Sylheti
- set Piedmontese
- seven Bislama
- ସାତ Oriya
- sêt Emilian
- સાત Kachchi
- හත Sinhala, Sinhalese
- *säptɜ Proto-Ugric
- septmas Old Prussian
- سَتھ Kashmiri
- șåpte Istro-Romanian
- sevene Crimean Gothic
- सात Old Hindi
- zeuven Dutch Low Saxon
- șapti Megleno-Romanian
- ست Sindhi
- хьэфд Judeo-Tat