seventh
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English
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| Cardinal: seven Ordinal: seventh Latinate ordinal: septenary Adverbial: seven times Multiplier: sevenfold Latinate multiplier: septuple Distributive: septuply Germanic collective: sevensome Collective of n parts: septuplet Greek or Latinate collective: heptad Greek collective prefix: hepta- Fractional: seventh Elemental: septuple Greek prefix: ebdomo- Number of musicians: septet Number of years: septennium | ||
Etymology
From Middle English seventhe, sefte, from Old English seofoþa, from Proto-West Germanic *sebundō, from Proto-Germanic *sebundô. The -n-, lost in northern Proto-West Germanic, was later reinserted by analogy with seven.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛvnθ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɛvənθ/
Audio (General American): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛvənθ
- Hyphenation: sev‧enth
Adjective
seventh (not comparable)
- The ordinal form of the number seven.
- 1644, Dudley Diggs, The Unlawfulnesse of Subjects Taking up Armes against their Soveraigne, in what Case ſoever, page 158:
- Sozomenus who wrote above twelve hundred years agoe, in his Seaventh Book relates from his own knowledge, that in the Churches of Cyprus and Arabia (places neer to Jeruſalem, and with the firſt frequented by Apoſtles) they had Biſhops in every Village ; and what could thoſe be more then Preſbyters?
- 1659, J[ohn] M[ilton], Considerations Touching the Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings out of the Church. , London: T N for L Chapman , →OCLC, pages 57–58:
- [H]e, a lollard indeed over his elbovv-cuſhion, in almoſt the ſeaventh part of 40. or 50. years teaches them ſcarce half the principles of religion; and his ſheep oft-times ſit the vvhile to as little purpoſe of benifiting as the ſheep in thir pues at Smithfield; […]
Derived terms
Translations
ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
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Noun
seventh (plural sevenths)
- The person or thing in the seventh position.
- One of seven equal parts of a whole.
- (music) A tone of the seventh degree from a given tone, the interval between two such tones, or the two tones sounding in unison.
Derived terms
Translations
something in the seventh position
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one of seven equal parts of a whole
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musical interval
Middle English
Adjective
seventh
- Alternative form of seventhe