seventeenth

English

**English numbers ^(edit)**
← 16	17	18 →
Cardinal: seventeen Ordinal: seventeenth Abbreviated ordinal: 17th

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌsɛvənˈtiːnθ/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -iːnθ
Hyphenation: sev‧en‧teenth

Adjective

seventeenth (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

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)
Manchu: ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ
ᠨᠠᡩᠠᠴᡳ (juwan nadaci)
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)
Sicilian: diciassittìsimu
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)

One of seventeen equal parts of a whole.
A seventeeth of 340 is 20.
(music) An interval of two octaves and a third.

Translations

one of seventeen equal parts of a whole

Catalan: dissetè (ca) m
Finnish: seitsemästoista osa
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)