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English numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: seventeen
    Ordinal: seventeenth
    Adverbial: seventeen times
    Multiplier: seventeenfold
    Group collective: seventeensome
 
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Alternative forms edit

  • (Arabic numerals): 17
  • (Roman numerals): XVII
  • (Exmoor dialect): zewnteen

Etymology edit

From Middle English seventene, from Old English seofontīene, from Proto-Germanic *sebuntehun. Cognate with Dutch zeventien, West Frisian santjin, German siebzehn, Danish sytten. Equivalent to seven +‎ -teen

Pronunciation edit

  • (next word stressed near the first syllable)
    (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈsɛv.ən.tiːn/
  • (file)
  • (next word stressed after the first syllable)
    (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˌsɛv.ənˈtiːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Numeral edit

seventeen

  1. The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.

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Middle English edit

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seventeen

  1. Alternative form of seventene