seventeenth
adjective
- in ordinal position 17
noun
- ordinal number
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌsɛvənˈtiːnθ/
adj
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English sevententhe, seventethe, from Old English seofontēoþa, equivalent to seventeen + -th.
- The ordinal form of the number seventeen.
“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.”
noun
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English sevententhe, seventethe, from Old English seofontēoþa, equivalent to seventeen + -th.
- One of seventeen equal parts of a whole.
“A seventeeth of 340 is 20.”
- An interval of two octaves and a third.