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

Hyphenated as

sev‧enth

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɛvnθ/

Etymology

From Middle English seventhe, sefte, from Old English seofoþa, from Proto-West Germanic *sebundō, from Proto-Germanic *sebundô.

Sentences

Midlothian Bulls won their seventh league title .

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