seventeenth
English
edit← 16 | 17 | 18 → |
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Cardinal: seventeen Ordinal: seventeenth Abbreviated ordinal: 17th |
Etymology
editFrom Old English seofontēoþa, equivalent to seventeen + -th.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editseventeenth (not comparable)
- The ordinal form of the number seventeen.
- 1913, Theodore Edward Dowling, chapter III, in Gaza: A City of many Battles[1], page 40:
- Mr. Edward Glasser maintains that this people existed from about the seventeenth century B.C., and that the Sabæans followed them in the occupancy of those regions.
Usage notes
editEnglish ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.
Abbreviations
edit- 17th, 17th; (in names of monarchs and popes) XVII
Translations
editordinal number — see also 17th
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Noun
editseventeenth (plural seventeenths)
- One of seventeen equal parts of a whole.
- A seventeeth of 340 is 20.
- (music) An interval of two octaves and a third.
Translations
editone of seventeen equal parts of a whole
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