seventeen

American  

[sev-uhn-teen] / ˈsɛv ənˈtin /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 10 plus 7.

2. a symbol for this number, as 17 or XVII.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 17 in number.

2. (initial capital letter, italics) a novel (1916) by Booth Tarkington.

seventeen British  

/ ˈsɛvənˈtiːn /

noun

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and seven and is a prime number See also number

2. a numeral, 17, XVII, etc, representing this number

3. the amount or quantity that is seven more than ten

4. something represented by, representing, or consisting of 17 units

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determiner

1. 1. amounting to seventeen

      seventeen attempts

   2. ( as pronoun )

      seventeen were sold

Etymology

Origin of seventeen

before 900; Middle English seventene, Old English seofontēne (cognate with Dutch zeventien, German siebzehn ). See seven, -teen

Example Sentences

In their experiment, the researchers began with a single logical qubit encoded across seventeen physical qubits.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2026

When the young black poet Amanda Gorman became an international success after reading her poem “The Hill We Climb” at Biden’s inauguration, seventeen publishers quickly bought the rights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

His network's assets include a £100m office building on central London, a £12m mansion in North London and seventeen flats in the city, said the UK foreign office on Tuesday.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

“It has been seventeen years since The Black Parade was sent to the MOAT,” the band wrote Tuesday in a tour announcement on Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024

Ever since I had turned seventeen, she had brought it upon herself to take my case free of charge.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros