seventeen

English
English numbers (edit)
 ←  16 17 18  → 
    Cardinal: seventeen
    Ordinal: seventeenth
    Multiplier: seventeenfold

Alternative forms
  • (Arabic numerals): 17
  • (Roman numerals): XVII
  • (Exmoor dial.): zewnteen

Etymology

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

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

Numeral

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

Numeral

seventeen

  1. Alternative form of seventene
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