Meaning

1 senses
  1. (not comparable)The ordinal form of the number seven.

    siebte

    седьмо́йsedʹmój

    сьо́мийsʹómyj

More definitions
  • coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position

Examples

2 sentences
  1. If you add sevenths to these chords, the piece suddenly sounds very jazzy.

  2. If you add sevenths to the chords in this piece, it suddenly sounds very jazzy.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th:
Русский
By meaning 1
ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
ordinal form of the number seven — see also 7th:

Origin

From Middle English seventhe, sefte, from Old English seofoþa, from Proto-West Germanic *s

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.

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Synonyms

4 synonyms
7th7ᵗʰVIIthVII
Close in meaning
  • coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position:7th

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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