seven

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

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Definition

  1. noun the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
  2. noun one of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face
  3. adjective being one more than six

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).

In classic literature

Synonyms

7, VII, sevener, heptad, septet, septenary

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