seventeenth

English

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Cardinal: seventeen     Ordinal: seventeenth     Adverbial: seventeen times     Multiplier: seventeenfold     Group collective: seventeensome

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɛvənˈtiːnθ/

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• Rhymes: -iːnθ
• Hyphenation: sev‧en‧teenth

Adjective

seventeenth

1. The ordinal form of the number seventeen.

Usage notes

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

Abbreviations

17th, 17^th; (in names of monarchs and popes) XVII

Translations

ordinal number — see also 17th

• Afrikaans: sewentiende (af)
• Armenian: տասնյոթերորդ (hy) (tasnyotʻerord)
• Asturian: decimoséptimu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: on yeddinci
• Basque: hamazazpigarren
• Belarusian: сямна́ццаты (sjamnáccaty)
• Bengali: সপ্তদশ (bn) (śoptodoś)
• Bulgarian: седемнадесети (sedemnadeseti)
• Catalan: dissetè (ca)
• Crimean Tatar: on yedinci
• Czech: sedmnáctý (cs)
• Danish: syttende (da)
• Dutch: zeventiende (nl)
• Estonian: seitsmeteistkümnes
• Finnish: seitsemästoista (fi) (abbreviation XVII in names of monarchs and popes)
• French: dix-septième (fr) (before the noun); (in names of monarchs and popes) dix-sept (after the name) (abbreviation XVII)
• Georgian: მეჩვიდმეტე (mečvidmeṭe)
• German: siebzehnter (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἑπτακαιδέκατος (heptakaidékatos)

• Hungarian: tizenhetedik (hu)
• Ingrian: seitsentoist kymmenäs
• Italian: diciassettesimo (it) (before the noun); (in names of monarchs and popes) diciassettesimo m, diciassettesima f (after the name) (abbreviation XVII)
• Kazakh: он жетінші (on jetınşı)
• Korean: 열일곱째 (ko) (yeorilgopjjae)
• Kyrgyz: он жетинчи (ky) (on jetinci)
• Latin: septimus decimus
• Latvian: septiņpadsmitais (lv)
• Lithuanian: septynioliktas (lt)
• Luxembourgish: siwwenzéngt
• Macedonian: седумнаесетти (sedumnaesetti)
• Malayalam: പതിനേഴാം (patinēḻāṁ), പതിനേഴാമത്തെ (patinēḻāmatte)
• Mongolian: арван долдугаар (arvan doldugaar)
• Navajo: tsostsʼidtsʼáadah góneʼ
• Norwegian: syttende
• Occitan: dètz-e-seten
• Persian: هفدهم (hefdahom)
• Polish: siedemnasty (pl)
• Portuguese: décimo sétimo
• Romanian: șaptesprezecelea (ro), șapteșpelea (ro) (informal)
• Russian: семна́дцатый (ru) (semnádcatyj)
• Slovak: sedemnásty (sk)
• Slovene: sedemnajsti
• Spanish: decimoséptimo (es)
• Swedish: sjuttonde (sv)
• Tagalog: panlabimpito, ikalabimpito
• Tajik: ҳабдаҳум (habdahum)
• Tatar: унҗиденче (uncidençe)
• Thai: ที่สิบเจ็ด (tîi-sìp-jèt)
• Turkish: on yedinci (tr)
• Turkmen: on ýedinji
• Ukrainian: сімна́дцятий (uk) (simnádcjatyj)
• Votic: seitseetõššõmõz
• West Frisian: santjinde
• Yiddish: זיבעצנט (zibetsnt)

Noun

seventeenth (plural seventeenths)

1. One of seventeen equal parts of a whole.

   A seventeeth of 340 is 20.

2. (music) An interval of two octaves and a third.

Translations

one of seventeen equal parts of a whole

• Catalan: dissetè (ca) m
• Finnish: seitsemästoistaosa
• French: dix-septième (fr) m
• Georgian: მეჩვიდმეტედი (mečvidmeṭedi)
• German: siebzehnte (de) m
• Hungarian: tizenheted (hu)
• Italian: diciassettesimo (it) m
• Portuguese: dezessete avos m
• Russian: (одна) семнадцатая (часть) ((odna) semnadcataja (častʹ))
• Spanish: diecisieteavo (es) m
• Yiddish: זיבעצנטל n (zibetsntl)

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} zeventiende (nl)
• French: ^{(please verify)} dix-septième (fr) m or f (1), ^{(please verify)} dix-septième (fr) m (2)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} diciassettesimo (it) m, ^{(please verify)} diciassettesima (it) f (1), ^{(please verify)} diciassettesimo (it) m (2)