seventeenth

seventeenth - English

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˌsɛvənˈtiːnθ/
Hyphenation: sev‧en‧teenth

Adjective

seventeenth

The ordinal form of the number seventeen.

Usage notes

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

Abbreviations

17th, 17^th; (in names of monarchs and popes) XVII

Translations

Afrikaans: sewentiende (af)
Armenian: տասնյոթերորդ (hy) (tasnyotʿerord)
Asturian: decimoséptimu (ast)
Basque: hamazazpigarren
Belarusian: сямна́ццаты (sjamnáccaty)
Bengali: সপ্তদশ (soptodoś)
Bulgarian: седемнадесети (sedemnadeseti)
Catalan: dissetè (ca)
Crimean Tatar: on yedinci
Czech: sedmnáctý (cs)
Danish: syttende (da)
Dutch: zeventiende (nl)
Finnish: seitsemästoista (abbreviation XVII in names of monarchs and popes)
French: dix-septième (fr) (before the noun); (in names of monarchs and popes) dix-sept (after the name) (abbreviation XVII)
Georgian: მეჩვიდმეტე (mečvidmeṭe)
German: siebzehnter (de)
Greek:
- Ancient: ἑπτακαιδέκατος (heptakaidékatos)
Hungarian: tizenhetedik (hu)
Ingrian: seitsentoist kymmenäs
Italian: diciassettesimo (it) (before the noun); (in names of monarchs and popes) diciassettesimo m, diciassettesima f (after the name) (abbreviation XVII)
Kazakh: он жетінші (on jetınşı)
Korean: 열일곱째 (ko) (yeorilgopjjae)
Kyrgyz: он жетинчи (on jetinçi)
Latin: septimus decimus
Latvian: septiņpadsmitais
Luxembourgish: siwwenzéngt
Macedonian: седумнаесетти (sedumnaesetti)
Malayalam: പതിനേഴാം (patinēḻāṃ), പതിനേഴാമത്തെ (patinēḻāmatte)
Mongolian: арван долдугаар (arvan doldugaar)
Navajo: tsostsʼidtsʼáadah góneʼ
Norwegian: syttende
Occitan: dètz-e-seten
Persian: هفدهم‎ (hefdahom)
Polish: siedemnasty (pl)
Portuguese: décimo sétimo
Romanian: șaptesprezecelea (ro), șapteșpelea (ro) (informal)
Russian: семна́дцатый (ru) (semnádcatyj)
Slovak: sedemnásty (sk)
Spanish: decimoséptimo (es)
Swedish: sjuttonde (sv)
Tagalog: panlabimpito, ikalabimpito
Tajik: ҳабдаҳум (habdahum)
Thai: ที่สิบเจ็ด (tîi-sìp-jèt)
Turkish: on yedinci (tr)
Ukrainian: сімна́дцятий (uk) (simnádcjatyj)
Votic: seitseetõššõmõz
West Frisian: santjinde
Yiddish: זיבעצנט‎ (zibetsnt)

Noun

seventeenth (plural seventeenths)

One of seventeen equal parts of a whole.
- A seventeeth of 340 is 20.
(music) An interval of two octaves and a third.

Translations

Catalan: dissetè (ca) m
Finnish: seitsemästoistaosa
French: dix-septième (fr) m
Georgian: მეჩვიდმეტედი (mečvidmeṭedi)
German: siebzehnte (de) m
Hungarian: tizenheted
Italian: diciassettesimo (it) m
Portuguese: dezessete avos m
Russian: (одна) семнадцатая (часть) ((odna) semnadcataja (častʹ))
Spanish: diecisieteavo (es) m
Yiddish: זיבעצנטל‎ n (zibetsntl)