seventeen

/ˈsɛv.ən.tiːn/

SƐV · ən · tiːn (3 syllables)

English Num Top 8,940

American (Lessac) (medium)

Female 0.8s

American (Amy) (medium)

Female 1.1s

American (Ryan) (medium)

Male 0.7s

Definition

The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English seventene, from Old English seofontīene, from Proto-Germanic *sebuntehun. Cognate with Dutch zeventien, West Frisian santjin, German siebzehn, Danish sytten. Equivalent to seven + -teen

Example Sentences

"[T]he charge of my moſt curious, and coſtly ingredients fraide, amounting to ſome ſeaventeene thouſand crovvnes, a trifle in reſpect of health, vvriting your noble name in my Catalogue, I ſhall acknovvledge my ſelfe amply ſatisfi'd."