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seventh

adj · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɛvnθ/
  • General-American: /ˈsɛvənθ/
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  • rhymes with -ɛvənθ
  • CMU ARPABET: S EH1 V AH0 N TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

The ordinal form of the number seven.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 7th, VIIth, VII

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The person or thing in the seventh position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

One of seven equal parts of a whole.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A tone of the seventh degree from a given tone, the interval between two such tones, or the two tones sounding in unison.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 7th

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

the musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: interval, musical interval

7

noun

Meaning 7

one part in seven equal parts

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: one-seventh

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: common fraction, simple fraction

8

noun

Meaning 8

position seven in a countable series of things

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rank

History

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, equivalent to seven + -th.

Across languages

Translations

191 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sewende — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Albanian: shtatë — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Southern Altai: јетинчи (ǰetinči) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Arabic: سَابِع (sābiʕ) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Arabic: سَابِعَة (sābiʕa) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Arabic: سابع (sābiʕ) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Armenian: յոթերորդ (yotʻerord) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Asturian: séptimu — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Azerbaijani: yeddinci — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Bashkir: етенсе (yetense) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Basque: zazpigarren — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Belarusian: сёмы (sjómy) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Bengali: সপ্তম (śoptom) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Breton: seizhvet — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Bulgarian: се́дми (sédmi) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Burmese: သတ္တမ (satta.ma.) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Buryat: долоодохи (doloodoxi) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Carpathian Rusyn: се́мый (sémŷj) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Catalan: setè — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Catalan: sèptim — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Chinese Mandarin: 第七 (dìqī) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Chuukese: efisuen — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Crimean Tatar: yedinci — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Czech: sedmý — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Danish: syvende — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Dutch: zevende — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Esperanto: sepa — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Estonian: seitsmes — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Evenki: нады̄ (nadī) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Faroese: sjeyndi — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Finnish: seitsemäs — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • French: septième — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • French: sept — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • North Frisian: sööwenst — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • North Frisian: seebens — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • West-Frisian: sânde — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Gagauz: edinci — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Georgian: მეშვიდე (mešvide) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • German: siebte — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Greek: έβδομος (évdomos) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Ancient Greek: ἕβδομος (hébdomos) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Hawaiian: hiku — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Hebrew: שביעי — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Hindi: सातवां (sātvā̃) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Hungarian: hetedik — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Icelandic: sjöundi — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Ido: sepesma — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Indonesian: ketujuh — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Ingrian: seitsemäs — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Interlingua: septime — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Irish: seachtú — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Italian: settimo — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Italian: settimo — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Italian: settima — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Japanese: 七番目 — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Kalmyk: доладгч (doladgç) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Kazakh: жетінші (jetınşı) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Khakas: читінӌі (çitìncì) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Khmer: ទីប្រាំពីរ (tii pram pii) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Korean: 일곱째 (ilgopjjae) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Kyrgyz: жетинчи (jetinci) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Lao: ທີ່ເຈັດ (thī chet) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Latin: septimus — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Latvian: septītais — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Lithuanian: septintas — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Macedonian: седми (sedmi) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Malay: ketujuh — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Malayalam: ഏഴാം (ēḻāṁ) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Malayalam: ഏഴാമത്തെ (ēḻāmatte) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Maltese: is-seba’ — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Manx: shiaghtoo — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Māori: tuawhitu — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Māori: te whitu — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Middle English: seventhe — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Mongolian: долдугаар (doldugaar) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Mongolian: долоодахь (doloodaxʹ) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Classical Nahuatl: ic chicōme — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Navajo: tsostsʼid góneʼ — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sjuende — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Norwegian Bokmål: syvende — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjuande — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Old Church Slavonic: седмъ (sedmŭ) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Pali: sattama — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Persian: هفتم (haftom) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Polish: siódmy — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Portuguese: sétimo — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Romani: eftato — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Kalo Finnish Romani: eftato — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Romanian: șaptelea — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Russian: седьмо́й (sedʹmój) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Northern Sami: čihččet — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Samogitian: septints — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Sanskrit: सप्तम (saptama) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Sanskrit: सप्तमः (saptamaḥ) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Scots: seevent — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Scottish Gaelic: seachdamh — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Serbo-Croatian: седми — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Serbo-Croatian: sedmi — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Shor: четтинчи — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Sinhalese: හත්වැනි (hatwæni) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Slovak: siedmy — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Slovene: sedmi — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Lower Sorbian: sedymy — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Upper Sorbian: sedmy — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Spanish: séptimo — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Swahili: ya saba — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Swedish: sjunde — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Tagalog: ikapito — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Tajik: ҳафтум (haftum) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Tamil: ஏழாம் (ēḻām) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Tamil: ஏழாவது (ēḻāvatu) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Tatar: җиденче (cidençe) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Telugu: ఏడవ (ēḍava) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Telugu: ఏడో (ēḍō) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Thai: ที่เจ็ด (tîi-jèt) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Turkish: yedinci — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Turkmen: ýedinji — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Ukrainian: сьо́мий (sʹómyj) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Urdu: ساتواں (sātvā̃) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Uzbek: yettinchi — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Vietnamese: thứ bảy — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Volapük: velid — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Welsh: seithfed — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Yakut: сэттис (settis) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Yiddish: זיבעט (zibet) — ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th
  • Armenian: յոթերորդ (yotʻerord) — something in the seventh position
  • Asturian: séptimu — something in the seventh position
  • Basque: zazpigarren — something in the seventh position
  • Finnish: seitsemäs — something in the seventh position
  • French: septième — something in the seventh position
  • Hindi: सातवाँ (sātvā̃) — something in the seventh position
  • Hungarian: hetedik — something in the seventh position
  • Interlingua: septimo — something in the seventh position
  • Interlingua: septima — something in the seventh position
  • Italian: settimo — something in the seventh position
  • Italian: settima — something in the seventh position
  • Latgalian: septeits — something in the seventh position
  • Latgalian: septeita — something in the seventh position
  • Latvian: septītais — something in the seventh position
  • Latvian: septītā — something in the seventh position
  • Lithuanian: septintas — something in the seventh position
  • Lithuanian: septinta — something in the seventh position
  • Macedonian: седми (sedmi) — something in the seventh position
  • Māori: tuawhitu — something in the seventh position
  • Portuguese: sétimo — something in the seventh position
  • Portuguese: sétima — something in the seventh position
  • Romanian: al șaptelea — something in the seventh position
  • Romanian: a șaptea — something in the seventh position
  • Russian: седьмо́й (sedʹmój) — something in the seventh position
  • Swedish: sjua — something in the seventh position
  • Turkish: yedinci — something in the seventh position
  • Urdu: ساتواں (sātvā̃) — something in the seventh position
  • Arabic: سُبْع (subʕ) — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Armenian: յոթերորդ (yotʻerord) — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Asturian: séptimu — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Bulgarian: седма (sedma) — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Catalan: setè — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Catalan: sèptim — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Czech: sedmina — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Esperanto: sepono — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Finnish: seitsemäsosa — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Finnish: seitsemännes — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • French: septième — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Georgian: მეშვიდედი (mešvidedi) — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Hawaiian: hapahiku — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Hungarian: heted — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Interlingua: septimo — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Italian: settimo — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Latvian: septītā daļa — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Lithuanian: septintadalis — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Māori: hauwhitu — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Middle English: seventhe — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Norwegian Bokmål: syvendedel — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Plautdietsch: Säwendel — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Portuguese: sétimo — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Romanian: șeptime — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Russian: седьмая — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Swedish: sjundedel — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Yiddish: זיבעטל (zibetl) — one of seven equal parts of a whole
  • Afrikaans: septiem — musical interval
  • Catalan: sèptima — musical interval
  • Czech: septima — musical interval
  • Finnish: septimi — musical interval
  • French: septième — musical interval
  • German: Septime — musical interval
  • Hungarian: szeptim — musical interval
  • Japanese: 七度 — musical interval
  • Norwegian Bokmål: septim — musical interval
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: septim — musical interval
  • Polish: septyma — musical interval
  • Romanian: septimă — musical interval
Real reading context

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