seven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛvn̩/
note: casually also
ipa: [ˈsɛbm̩]
homophone: Severn (non-rhotic)
rhymes: -ɛvən
Forms: form: sevens
form: 7
form: VII
form: sev'n
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 सप्तन् (saptán).
Senses: examples: text: He wrote three sevens on the paper.
glosses: The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: A card bearing seven pips.
examples: text: a whisky and seven
glosses: The soft drink 7 Up.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: at six and seven
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: at sixes and sevens
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: city of seven hills
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: cloud seven
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: dance of the seven veils
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: deuce-to-seven lowball
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: four score seven years ago
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: grade seven
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: Group of Seven
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: line of seven
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: magnificent seven
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: Mercury Seven
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: number seven
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: on cloud seven
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: Our Lady of the Seven Dolors
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: rugby sevens
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven and a half
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven and seven
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven-arm octopus
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven arts
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven bells
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven-card stud
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven card stud
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven come eleven
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven-day wonder
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven deadly sins
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven dirty words
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven eighths
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven-eighths
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: Sevener
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: sevener
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven figures
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: sevenfold
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven-footer
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: Seven Hills
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: Seven Hills of Rome
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven hundred
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven iron
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: Seven Islands
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven-layer cake
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven-layer dip
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven-layer salad
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven-league boot
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven-league boots
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven-level
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven-level screwdriver
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven minutes in heaven
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: sevenness
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: sevennight
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven o'clock
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven out
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: sevens
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: Seven Sages
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: sevenscore
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven seals
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven seas
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven second delay
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven-segment
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven shades
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven-shooter
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: Seven Sisters
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: Seven Sleepers Day
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: sevensome
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seventh
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven-thirties
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven-thirty
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven thousand
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven-thousander
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven-toed Pete
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven-up
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven-veil dance
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven virtues
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: Seven Wonders of the World
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven-year apple
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven-year itch
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven-year melon
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: seven-year vine
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: triple seven
sense: Terms derived from the numeral or noun seven
word: twenty-four seven