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Added 9 October 2026

seventh

/ˈsɛvnθ/ noun

In Latin: septimus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about seventh at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Position seven in a countable series of things.
One part in seven equal parts.
The musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it.

adjective

Coming next after the sixth and just before the eighth in position.

Origin

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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