seventh

Meaning

Adj

The ordinal form of the number seven.

Noun

1. The person or thing in the seventh position.
2. One of seven equal parts of a whole.
3. A tone of the seventh degree from a given tone, the interval between two such tones, or the two tones sounding in unison.

Synonyms

seven

one-seventh

7th

chord

seventhly

seventh part

Translations

septième

7th

settimo

7th

séptimo

7th

sétimo

7th

zevende

7th

siebente

setè

7th

siebte

7th

septimus

7th

sétima

settima

yedinci

7th

sétimo

Siebtel

7th

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɛvnθ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: seventhe

Inherited from Old English: seofoþa

In summary

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.

Sentences

Midlothian Bulls won their seventh league title .

After some competition , Albertville was awarded the school for the Seventh District .

The diminished seventh contains two diminished fifths , which often resolve inwards .