seventeenth

American  

[sev-uhn-teenth] / ˈsɛv ənˈtinθ /

adjective

1. next after the sixteenth; being the ordinal number for 17.

2. being one of 17 equal parts.

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noun

• seventeenths
  plural

1. a seventeenth part, especially of one (1/17).

2. the seventeenth member of a series.

seventeenth British  

/ ˈsɛvənˈtiːnθ /

adjective

1. (usually prenominal)

   1. coming after the sixteenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of seventeen: often written 17th

   2. ( as noun )

      the ship docks on the seventeenth

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noun

1. 1. one of 17 approximately equal parts of something

   2. ( as modifier )

      a seventeenth part

2. the fraction equal to one divided by 17 ( 1/ 17 )

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• seventeenths
  plural

Etymology

Origin of seventeenth

before 900; seventeen + -th ²; replacing Middle English seventethe, Old English seofontēotha. ( see seven, tithe)

Example Sentences

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seventeenth seventeenths

It’s the negative image of an important intellectual movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Enlightenment, whose principles formed, among other things, the basis for American democracy.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2025

In the seventeenth century, Thomas Hobbes pegged laughter as the companion of scorn.

From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2024

Ever since Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discovered the world of bacteria through a microscope in the late seventeenth century, humans have tried to look deeper into the world of the infinitesimally small.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2023

The exemplary case of absolutist government coming to fruition was that of France in the seventeenth century.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

I was eleven when we moved into our home on Pinewood Drive, and we would move out on my seventeenth birthday.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

A string of thirty-thirds and seventeenths made up Bruce's debut until the tour went to France, where his true potential was displayed for everyone to see.

From Time Magazine Archive

A whole lot of thirty-thirds and seventeenths is what.

From Time Magazine Archive

She contributes five, and Sweden twelve, seventeenths of the support of the royal family.

From Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Maturin Murray Ballou