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