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Dictionary: sev·enth   (sĕv'ənth) pronunciation

n.
  1. The ordinal number matching the number seven in a series.
  2. One of seven equal parts.
  3. Music. An interval encompassing seven diatonic degrees.

[Middle English, alteration of sefende, from Old English seofunda, from seofon, seven. See seven.]

seventh sev'enth adv. & adj.

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The INTERVAL between two notes of the diatonic scale six degrees apart (e.g. C-B, G-F); it is the interval produced when the 2nd is inverted at the octave. An octave less a diatonic semitone is a major 7th; an octave less a whole tone is a minor 7th.



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The interval of seven diatonic degrees.

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IN BRIEF: The number after the sixth and before the eighth.

pronunciation Let's meet on the seventh day.

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Seventh may refer to:

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  • Diminished seventh, a chromatically reduced minor seventh interval
  • Major seventh, the larger of two commonly occurring musical intervals that span seven diatonic scale degrees
  • Minor seventh, the smaller of two commonly occurring musical intervals that span seven diatonic scale degrees
  • Harmonic seventh, the interval of exactly 4:7, whose approximation to the minor seventh in equal temperament explains the "sweetness" of the dominant seventh chord in a major key
  • Leading tone or subtonic, the seventh degree and the chord built on the seventh degree
  • Seventh chord, a chord consisting of a triad plus a note forming an interval of a seventh above the chord root

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Seventh

Dansk (Danish)
num. - syvende
n. - syv, syvendedel, septim

idioms:

  • seventh heaven    syvende himmel
  • Seventh-Day Adventist    syvendedags adventister

Nederlands (Dutch)
zevende

Français (French)
n. - septième
adj. - septième
adv. - septièmement

idioms:

  • seventh heaven    Septième ciel
  • Seventh-Day Adventist    Adventiste du septième jour

Deutsch (German)
n. - Septime, Siebter, Siebtel
adj. - siebent, siebt
adv. - siebtens, an siebter Stelle, auf dem siebten Platz

idioms:

  • seventh heaven    siebenter Himmel
  • Seventh-Day Adventist    Siebenten-Tags-Adventisten, Sabbatarier

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ένα) έβδομο
adj. - έβδομος

idioms:

  • seventh heaven    έβδομος ουρανός, (μτφ.) υπέρτατη ευτυχία
  • Seventh-Day Adventist    Αντβεντιστής της 'Εβδομης Ημέρας

Italiano (Italian)
settima, settimo

idioms:

  • seventh heaven    settimo cielo
  • Seventh-Day Adventist    avventista del settimo giorno

Português (Portuguese)
n., -
adj. - sétimo

idioms:

  • seventh heaven    sétimo céu
  • Seventh-Day Adventist    Sábado hebraico

Русский (Russian)
седьмое (число), седьмая часть, септима, седьмой

idioms:

  • seventh heaven    седьмое небо, верх блаженства
  • Seventh-Day Adventist    адвентист седьмого дня

Español (Spanish)
n. - séptima, séptimo
adj. - séptima, séptimo, siete (del mes)
adv. - en séptimo lugar

idioms:

  • seventh heaven    la gloria, el séptimo cielo
  • Seventh-Day Adventist    adventista del séptimo día

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - septima
adj. - sjunde-

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
第七, 七分之一, 月的第七日, 七度音程

idioms:

  • seventh heaven    七重天, 极乐世界
  • Seventh-Day Adventist    基督复临安息日会教友

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
num. - 第七
n. - 第七, 七分之一, 月的第七日, 七度音程

idioms:

  • seventh heaven    七重天, 極樂世界
  • Seventh-Day Adventist    基督復臨安息日會教友

한국어 (Korean)
num. - 제 7의, 일곱째의, 7분의 1의
n. - 제 7, 7분의 1, 제 7음

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 第7の, 7分の1の
n. - 7番目, 7日, 7分の1

idioms:

  • be in seventh heaven    至福の状態にある
  • seventh heaven    第七天, 至福

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جزء من سبعه (صفه) سابع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שביעי, שביעית, אקורד של שבעה טונים רצופים‬
adj. - ‮שביעי, שביעית‬


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