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seventeenth

Syllables: sev·en·teenth/ˌsɛvənˈtiːnθ/

seventeenth adjective: the ordinal form of the number seventeen.

Adjective

seventeenth (not comparable)

  1. The ordinal form of the number seventeen.
    • 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.1913, Theodore Edward Dowling, chapter III, in Gaza: A City of many Battles, page 40

Noun

seventeenth (plural seventeenths)

  1. One of seventeen equal parts of a whole.
    • A seventeeth of 340 is 20.
  2. An interval of two octaves and a third.

seventeenth meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

seventeenth in Hindi

ordinal number — see also 17th
सत्रहवाँ satrahvā̃, सत्तरहवाँ sattarahvā̃

seventeenth in Tamil

ordinal number — see also 17th
பதினேழாம் patiṉēḻām, பதினேழாவது patiṉēḻāvatu

seventeenth in Marathi

सतरावा, सतरावे, सतराव्या

seventeenth in Urdu

سترہواں, سترھویں
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seventeenth in Bengali
সপ্তদশ śoptodoś
seventeenth in Telugu
పదిహేడవ padihēḍava, పదునేడవ padunēḍava
seventeenth in Malayalam
പതിനേഴാം patinēḻāṁ, പതിനേഴാമത്തെ patinēḻāmatte
seventeenth in Kannada
ಹದಿನೇಳನೇ, ಹದಿನೇಳನೇಯದು, ಹದಿನೇಳನೆಯದು
seventeenth in Punjabi
ਸਤਾਰ੍ਹਵੀਂ, ਸਤਾਰਾਂਵੀਂ
seventeenth in Gujarati
સત્તરમું sattarmũ
seventeenth in Odia
ସପ୍ତଦଶ, ସତେରୋତମ
seventeenth in Sanskrit
सप्तदश saptadaśá
seventeenth in Tagalog
panlabimpito, ikalabimpito
seventeenth in Persian
هفدهم hefdahom
seventeenth in Thai
ที่สิบเจ็ด tîi-sìp-jèt

Examples of seventeenth in a sentence

  • A wood beyond this moor was viewed as a border area in the seventeenth century.
  • The Clydesdale was developed in the seventeenth century in the Scottish region whence its name.
  • Sörenstam birdied the seventeenth hole to take the lead.

All 40 example sentences with seventeenth

Forms of seventeenth

pluralseventeenths

Origin of seventeenth

Inherited from Middle English sevententhe, seventethe, from Old English seofontēoþa, equivalent to seventeen + -th.

Words formed from seventeenth

Words that rhyme with seventeenth

Questions about seventeenth

What does seventeenth mean?
Seventeenth means the ordinal form of the number seventeen.
What is seventeenth in Hindi?
Seventeenth in Hindi is सत्रहवाँ (satrahvā̃), सत्तरहवाँ (sattarahvā̃). See Seventeenth meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is seventeenth?
Seventeenth can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce seventeenth?
Seventeenth is pronounced /ˌsɛvənˈtiːnθ/.

Words near seventeenth in the dictionary

  1. seventeenfold
  2. seventeenish
  3. seventeenness
  4. seventeenpence
  5. seventeens
  6. seventeenth
  7. seventeenthly
  8. seventeenths
  9. seventh
  10. seventh art
  11. seventh chord

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: seventeenth (page history and authors); seventeenth (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seventeenth (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); పదిహేడవ (Telugu) (page history and authors); seventeenth (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seventeenth (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); સત્તરમું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); seventeenth (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); सप्तदश (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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