English

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English numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: seventeen
    Ordinal: seventeenth
    Abbreviated ordinal: 17th

Etymology

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From Old English seofontēoþa, equivalent to seventeen +‎ -th.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌsɛvənˈtiːnθ/
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  • Rhymes: -iːnθ
  • Hyphenation: sev‧en‧teenth

Adjective

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seventeenth (not comparable)

  1. 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

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

Abbreviations

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

Translations

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Noun

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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

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