seventh
The person or thing in the seventh positionThe person or thing in the seventh position.
» If you add sevenths to these chords, the piece suddenly sounds very jazzy.
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3 sensesThe person or thing in the seventh position.
седьмо́йsedʹmój
One of seven equal parts of a whole.
седьмая
one part in seven equal parts
A tone of the seventh degree from a given tone, the interval between two such tones, or the two tones sounding in unison.
Septime
Examples
2 sentencesIf you add sevenths to these chords, the piece suddenly sounds very jazzy.
If you add sevenths to the chords in this piece, it suddenly sounds very jazzy.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English seventhe, sefte, from Old English seofoþa, from Proto-West Germanic *sFrom 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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Forms
plural: seventhsSynonyms
1 synonyms- one part in seven equal parts:one-seventh
Word family
5 related wordsSee also
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