Sevenとは

意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Arabic numerals: 7 (see for numerical forms in other scripts)
• Roman numerals: VII
• sev'n

語源

From Middle English seven, from 古期英語 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).

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛv.ən/. In casual speech also → /ˈsebm/ (not before a vowel sound).
• 韻: -ɛvən
• Homophone: Severn (non-rhotic accents)

数詞

seven

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

使用する際の注意点

Like other numerals, sometimes used postpositively in Late Middle English and Early Modern English, for exampleː

• Sun and moon set in the heaven, with stars, and the planets seven. (The Towneley plays)

関連する語

• seventh

参考

• Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

名詞

seven (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 sevens)

1. The digit/figure 7 or an occurrence thereof.

   He wrote three sevens on the paper.

2. (countable, card games) A card bearing seven pips.

派生語