sevennight
Syllables: sev·en·nightUK/ˈsɛvənˌnɑɪt/
sevennight is the alternative form of sennight.
Meaning of sennight
Noun
sennight (plural sennights)
- Synonym of week in its various senses, a period of seven consecutive days and nights.
- I dranke not this sennet
A draught to my pay;
Elynour, I thé pray,
Of thyne ale let vs assay, […]c. 1517 (date written; published c. 1545), John Skelton, “Here after Foloweth the Booke Called Elynour Rummynge. The Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng per Skelton Laureat.”, in Alexander Dyce, editor, The...
- Synonyms:
- week in its various senses
- I dranke not this sennet
Forms of sevennight
| plural | sevennights |
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Origin of sevennight
From Middle English seven-night, sevenight, sevenyght [and other forms], from Late Old English seofeniht (compare seofonnihte (“seven days old; seven days long”, adjective)), from seofon (“seven”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”)) + niht (“night; day (when computing spans of time)”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”)). Doublet of sennight.
Questions about sevennight
- What is sevennight the alternative form of?
- Sevennight is the alternative form of sennight.
- How do you pronounce sevennight?
- Sevennight is pronounced /ˈsɛvənˌnɑɪt/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sevennight (page history and authors); sennight (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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