seventhとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 seventhe, sefte, from 古期英語 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.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsɛvnθ/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈsɛvənθ/
• 韻: -ɛvənθ
• ハイフネーション: sev‧enth

形容詞

seventh (not comparable)

1. The ordinal form of the number seven.

   Synonyms: 7th, 7, VIIth, (in names of monarchs and popes) VII

   • 1644, Dudley Diggs, The Unlawfulnesse of Subjects Taking up Armes against their Soveraigne, in what Case ſoever, page 158:

     Sozomenus who wrote above twelve hundred years agoe, in his Seaventh Book relates from his own knowledge, that in the Churches of Cyprus and Arabia (places neer to Jeruſalem, and with the firſt frequented by Apoſtles) they had Biſhops in every Village ; and what could thoſe be more then Preſbyters?

   • 1659, J[ohn] M[ilton], Considerations Touching the Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings out of the Church. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcombe] for L[ivewell] Chapman […], →OCLC, pages 57–58:

     [H]e, a lollard indeed over his elbovv-cuſhion, in almoſt the ſeaventh part of 40. or 50. years teaches them ſcarce half the principles of religion; and his ſheep oft-times ſit the vvhile to as little purpoſe of benifiting as the ſheep in thir pues at Smithfield; […]

   • 1976, L[ilian] H[amilton] Jeffery, “Kylon and Drakon”, in Archaic Greece: The City-States, c. 700-500 b.c., New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, section II (Central and Northern Greece), subsection 7 (Athens and Attica), page 86:

     [T]he law codes drafted in Athens in the late seventh and early sixth centuries were the work of individuals, Drakon and then Solon.

   • 2017 January 19, Jack Schofield, “How can I tell if a PC processor is any good?”, in The Guardian‎:

     Intel usually brings out a new generation of processors every 12-18 months, and the Core range is now in its seventh generation.

   • 2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE‎, page 21:

     Consequently, in the initial position the white pieces and pawns are placed on the first and second ranks; the black pieces and pawns on the eighth and seventh ranks.

派生語

名詞

seventh (plural sevenths)

1. The person or thing in the seventh position.
2. One of seven equal parts of a whole.
3. (music) A tone of the seventh degree from a given tone, the interval between two such tones, or the two tones sounding in unison.

派生語