ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Seventeenth

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˌsɛvənˈtiːnθ/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Seventeenth is an adjective meaning The ordinal form of the number seventeen.

Meaning

The ordinal form of the number seventeen.

More Meanings

  1. One of seventeen equal parts of a whole.
  2. (music) An interval of two octaves and a third.

Example Sentences

A seventeeth of 340 is 20.
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.

Word Forms

Synonyms for seventeenth

Depending on context, synonyms include ordinal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ordinal, eighteenth, fifteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, seventieth.

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