Meanings
alternative 17 · alternative XVII · alternative zewnteen · alternative Her age, scott
- The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.
[T]he charge of my moſt curious, and coſtly ingredients fraide, amounting to ſome ſeaventeene thouſand crovvnes, a trifle in reſpect of health, vvriting your noble name in my Catalogue, I ſhall acknovvledge my ſelfe amply ſatisfi'd.
1631 (first performance), Philip Massinger, The Emperour of the East. A Tragæ-comœdie. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Iohn Waterson, published 1632, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iii
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivebeing one more than sixteen
nounthe cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*sebuntehun
- Old Englishseofontīene
- Middle Englishseventene
- Englishseventeen
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
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans sewentien
- sewentiencardinal number
Ancient Greek ἑπτακαίδεκα, ιζ΄
- ἑπτακαίδεκα (heptakaídeka)cardinal number
- ιζ΄cardinal number
Arabic سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ
- سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ (sabʕata ʕašara)cardinal number
Basque hamazazpi
- hamazazpicardinal number
Bengali সতেরো
- সতেরো (śoterō)cardinal number
Bulgarian седемна́десет, седемна́йсет
- седемна́десет (sedemnádeset)cardinal number
- седемна́йсет (sedemnájset)cardinal number
Catalan disset
- dissetcardinal number
Chinese Cantonese 十七
- 十七cardinal number
Chinese Mandarin 十七
- 十七 (shíqī)cardinal number
Czech sedmnáct
- sedmnáctcardinal number
Danish sytten
- syttencardinal number
Dutch zeventien
- zeventiencardinal number
Esperanto dek sep
- dek sepcardinal number
Estonian seitseteist
- seitseteistcardinal number
Finnish seitsemäntoista
- seitsemäntoistacardinal number
French dix-sept
- dix-septcardinal number
German siebzehn
- siebzehncardinal number
Greek δεκαεπτά
- δεκαεπτά (dekaeptá)cardinal number
Hawaiian ʻumikūmāhiku
- ʻumikūmāhikucardinal number
Hebrew שְׁבַע־עֶשְׂרֵה, שִׁבְעָה־עָשָׂר
- שְׁבַע־עֶשְׂרֵה (shva esre)cardinal number
- שִׁבְעָה־עָשָׂר (shiv'a asar)cardinal number
Hindi सत्रह
- सत्रह (satrah)cardinal number
Hungarian tizenhét
- tizenhétcardinal number
Icelandic sautján
- sautjáncardinal number
Indonesian tujuh belas
- tujuh belascardinal number
Irish seacht déag
- seacht déagcardinal number
Italian diciassette
- diciassettecardinal number
Japanese 十七
- 十七cardinal number
Korean 열일곱, 십칠
- 열일곱 (yeorilgop)cardinal number
- 십칠 (sipchil)cardinal number
Latin septendecim
- septendecimcardinal number
Latvian septiņpadsmit
- septiņpadsmitcardinal number
Lithuanian septyniolika
- septyniolikacardinal number
Malay tujuh belas, pitu belas
- tujuh belascardinal number
- pitu belascardinal number
- sepuluh tujuhcardinal number
- sepuluh pitucardinal number
- satu puluh tujuhcardinal number
- satu puluh pitucardinal number
Māori tekau mā whitu
- tekau mā whitucardinal number
Norwegian sytten
- syttencardinal number
Persian هفده
- هفده (hefdah)cardinal number
Polish siedemnaście, siedemnaścioro
- siedemnaściecardinal number
- siedemnaściorocardinal number
Portuguese dezassete, dezessete
- dezassetecardinal number
- dezessetecardinal number
Punjabi ਸਤਾਰਾਂ
- ਸਤਾਰਾਂ (satārā̃)cardinal number
Romanian șaptesprezece, șapteșpe
- șaptesprezececardinal number
- șapteșpecardinal number
Russian семна́дцать
- семна́дцать (semnádcatʹ)cardinal number
Scottish Gaelic seachd-deug
- seachd-deugcardinal number
Slovak sedemnásť
- sedemnásťcardinal number
Spanish diecisiete
- diecisietecardinal number
Swahili kumi na saba
- kumi na sabacardinal number
Swedish sjutton
- sjuttoncardinal number
Tagalog labimpito
- labimpitocardinal number
Tamil பதினேழு
- பதினேழு (patiṉēḻu)cardinal number
Thai สิบเจ็ด
- สิบเจ็ด (sìp-jèt)cardinal number
Turkish on yedi
- on yedicardinal number
Ukrainian сімна́дцять
- сімна́дцять (simnádcjatʹ)cardinal number
Urdu سترہ
- سترہ (satrah)cardinal number
Vietnamese mười bảy
- mười bảycardinal number
Welsh dau ar bymtheg, dwy ar bymtheg
- dau ar bymthegcardinal number
- dwy ar bymthegcardinal number
- un deg saithcardinal number
Yiddish זיבעצן
- זיבעצן (zibetsn)cardinal number
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with seventeen
Cite this entry
seventeen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seventeen
“seventeen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seventeen. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seventeen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seventeen.
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