Большая семёрка

Russian

Etymology

Literal mistaken translation of the English the Great Seven, instead of the actual "Group of Seven" (G7).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɐlʲˈʂajə sʲɪˈmʲɵrkə]

Proper noun

Больша́я семёрка • (Bolʹšája semjórka) f inan (genitive Большо́й семёрки)

1. (economics, politics) the Group of Seven, G7 (the commonly used way of referring to the seven economically most important capitalist countries, which are the United States, Japan, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy and Canada, whose finance ministers meet several times a year to discuss economic policy)

Usage notes

• The group is often called Джи-семь (Dži-semʹ, “G seven”) or Джи-7 (Dži-7, “G7”) but seldom written that way. The English or international abbreviation G7 is used instead.

Declension

Declension of Больша́я семёрка (inan sg-only fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular
nominative	Больша́я семёрка Bolʹšája semjórka
genitive	Большо́й семёрки Bolʹšój semjórki
dative	Большо́й семёрке Bolʹšój semjórke
accusative	Большу́ю семёрку Bolʹšúju semjórku
instrumental	Большо́й семёркой, Большо́ю семёркою Bolʹšój semjórkoj, Bolʹšóju semjórkoju
prepositional	Большо́й семёрке Bolʹšój semjórke