Meanings
adjectiveseventeenth (not comparable)
- not comparableThe 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
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Old Englishseofontēoþa
- Middle Englishsevententhe
- Englishseventeenth
Inherited from Middle English sevententhe, seventethe, from Old English seofontēoþa, equivalent to seventeen + -th.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans sewentiende
- sewentiendeordinal number — see also 17th
Ancient Greek ἑπτακαιδέκατος
- ἑπτακαιδέκατος (heptakaidékatos)ordinal number — see also 17th
Basque hamazazpigarren
- hamazazpigarrenordinal number — see also 17th
Bengali সপ্তদশ
- সপ্তদশ (śoptodoś)ordinal number — see also 17th
Bulgarian седемнадесети
- седемнадесети (sedemnadeseti)ordinal number — see also 17th
Catalan dissetè, dissetè
- dissetèordinal number — see also 17th
- dissetèone of seventeen equal parts of a whole
Czech sedmnáctý
- sedmnáctýordinal number — see also 17th
Danish syttende
- syttendeordinal number — see also 17th
Dutch zeventiende
- zeventiendeordinal number — see also 17th
Estonian seitsmeteistkümnes
- seitsmeteistkümnesordinal number — see also 17th
Finnish seitsemästoista, seitsemästoistaosa
- seitsemästoistaordinal number — see also 17th
- seitsemästoistaosaone of seventeen equal parts of a whole
French dix-septième, dix-sept
- dix-septièmeordinal number — see also 17th
- dix-septordinal number — see also 17th
- dix-septièmeone of seventeen equal parts of a whole
German siebzehnter, siebzehnte
- siebzehnterordinal number — see also 17th
- siebzehnteone of seventeen equal parts of a whole
Hindi सत्रहवाँ, सत्तरहवाँ
- सत्रहवाँ (satrahvā̃)ordinal number — see also 17th
- सत्तरहवाँ (sattarahvā̃)ordinal number — see also 17th
Hungarian tizenhetedik, tizenheted
- tizenhetedikordinal number — see also 17th
- tizenhetedone of seventeen equal parts of a whole
Italian diciassettesimo, diciassettesimo
- diciassettesimoordinal number — see also 17th
- diciassettesimoordinal number — see also 17th
- diciassettesimaordinal number — see also 17th
- diciassettesimoone of seventeen equal parts of a whole
Korean 열일곱째
- 열일곱째 (yeorilgopjjae)ordinal number — see also 17th
Latin septimus decimus
- septimus decimusordinal number — see also 17th
Latvian septiņpadsmitais
- septiņpadsmitaisordinal number — see also 17th
Lithuanian septynioliktas
- septynioliktasordinal number — see also 17th
Norwegian syttende
- syttendeordinal number — see also 17th
Persian هفدهم
- هفدهم (hefdahom)ordinal number — see also 17th
Polish siedemnasty
- siedemnastyordinal number — see also 17th
Portuguese décimo sétimo, dezessete avos
- décimo sétimoordinal number — see also 17th
- dezessete avosone of seventeen equal parts of a whole
Romanian șaptesprezecelea, șapteșpelea
- șaptesprezeceleaordinal number — see also 17th
- șapteșpeleaordinal number — see also 17th
Russian семна́дцатый, семнадцатая
- семна́дцатый (semnádcatyj)ordinal number — see also 17th
- семнадцатаяone of seventeen equal parts of a whole
Slovak sedemnásty
- sedemnástyordinal number — see also 17th
Spanish decimoséptimo, diecisieteavo
- decimoséptimoordinal number — see also 17th
- diecisieteavoone of seventeen equal parts of a whole
Swedish sjuttonde
- sjuttondeordinal number — see also 17th
Tagalog panlabimpito, ikalabimpito
- panlabimpitoordinal number — see also 17th
- ikalabimpitoordinal number — see also 17th
Tamil பதினேழாம், பதினேழாவது
- பதினேழாம் (patiṉēḻām)ordinal number — see also 17th
- பதினேழாவது (patiṉēḻāvatu)ordinal number — see also 17th
Thai ที่สิบเจ็ด
- ที่สิบเจ็ด (tîi-sìp-jèt)ordinal number — see also 17th
Turkish on yedinci
- on yedinciordinal number — see also 17th
Ukrainian сімна́дцятий
- сімна́дцятий (simnádcjatyj)ordinal number — see also 17th
Yiddish זיבעצנט, זיבעצנטל
- זיבעצנט (zibetsnt)ordinal number — see also 17th
- זיבעצנטל (zibetsntl)one of seventeen equal parts of a whole
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with seventeenth
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APA
seventeenth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seventeenth
MLA
“seventeenth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seventeenth. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seventeenth,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seventeenth.
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