English Explanatory Dictionary

seventeen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɛv.ən.tiːn/ en-us-seventeen.ogg /ˌsɛv.ənˈtiːn/

Word forms

seventeen 17 XVII zewnteen Her age, scott

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English seventene, from Old English seofontīene, from Proto-Germanic *sebuntehun. Cognate with Dutch zeventien, West Frisian santjin, German siebzehn, Danish sytten. Equivalent to seven + -teen

Related words

Last: sixteen. Next: eighteen

Derived words

seventeenth seventeenfold seventeenish seventeenness seventeenpence seventeen-year locust sweet seventeen
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