seven

Signification

Num

A numerical value equal to 7; the number following six and preceding eight. This many dots: (•••••••). Describing a group or set with seven elements.

Noun

1. The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof.
2. A card bearing seven pips.

Coupé comme

se‧ven

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈsɛvn̩/

Étymologie

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).

Phrases

His father introduced him to boxing around the age of seven .

Son père l'a présenté la boxe vers l'âge de sept ans.

The title was passed down over seven generations and was held by nine persons .

Le titre a été transmis sur sept générations et a été détenu par neuf personnes.

Both paintings , along with seven others , were intended for Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery .

Les deux peintures, ainsi que sept autres, étaient destinées à la galerie Shakespeare de Boydell.

Water cascaded through seven carved lion's heads into small basins on the sidewalk .

L'eau a repoussé sept têtes de lion sculpté dans de petits bassins sur le trottoir.