24/7

See also: 24-7

English

Adverb

24/7 (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of twenty-four seven.
   • 2006, Scuba Diving (issues 1-6, page 49)

     He banned spearfishing wherever he could, started the first eco-moorings in the Caribbean, stopped others from coral- and shell-collecting, and had so much fun 24/7 that some unusually powerful people began to hang with him.

   • 2022 September 27, Barclay Bram, “My Therapist, the Robot”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     At the same time that I used Woebot, I also volunteered for a crisis text service available 24/7 for people to message in times of need.

   • 2024 April 3, Richard Foster, “Training the next generation of engineers”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 48:

     Secondly, preserved railways are not 24/7 operations. There are closed seasons where they can be turned into open-air classrooms.

Translations

abbreviation of twenty-four seven

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一週7天，每天24小時／一周7天，每天24小时 (yīzhōu 7 tiān, měitiān 24 xiǎoshí)

• Dutch: 1x24 (Suriname)
• Finnish: 24/7 (fi)
• French: 24/24 7/7, 24 heures sur 24 (fr), h24
• German: immerzu (de), rund um die Uhr (de)
• Italian: 24/7
• Maori: ao noa, po noa
• Russian: 24/7 (ru), круглые сутки (kruglyje sutki)
• Spanish: 24/7 (es)
• Swedish: 24/7 (sv), ständigt och jämt
• Turkish: 7/24
• Vietnamese: 24/7

Noun

24/7 (plural 24/7s)

1. (BDSM) A relationship that where the submissive is available for the dominant all the time.

Translations

type of BDSM relationship

• Portuguese: 24/7 f

Adjective

24/7 (not comparable)

1. (BDSM) Of or relating to a 24/7 relationship.

References

• Cory J. Cascalheira, Amy Thomson, Liam Wignall (2021) “'A certain evolution': a phenomenological study of 24/7 BDSM and negotiating consent”, in Psychology & Sexuality, volume 13, number 3, →DOI, pages 628–639

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English 24/7, while the reading kaksi(kymmentä) neljä seitsemän is a calque of English twenty-four seven.

Pronunciation

Either as kaksikymmentä neljä seitsemän, kaksi neljä seitsemän or kaksi neljä seiska (the final i of kaksi may be omitted as usual in colloquial pronunciations).

Adverb

24/7

1. (informal) twenty-four seven

Italian

Adverb

24/7

1. twenty-four seven

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• 24-7

Noun

24/7 m (plural 24/7s)

1. (BDSM) twenty-four seven (relationship where the submissive if always available)

Adjective

24/7 m or f (plural 24/7s)

1. (BDSM) twenty-four seven (of or relating to a 24/7 relationship)