seventeenth

[ sev-uhn-teenth ]

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

  2. being one of 17 equal parts.

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

  2. the seventeenth member of a series.

Origin of seventeenth

1
before 900; seventeen + -th2; replacing Middle English seventethe,Old English seofontēotha. (see seven, tithe)

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British Dictionary definitions for seventeenth

seventeenth

/ (ˈsɛvənˈtiːnθ) /


adjective
  1. (usually prenominal)

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

    • (as noun): the ship docks on the seventeenth

noun
    • one of 17 approximately equal parts of something

    • (as modifier): a seventeenth part

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

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