Seventeen

Pronunciation

• next word stressed near the first syllableUK IPA: /ˈsÉ›v.É™n.tiːn/
• next word stressed after the first syllableUK IPA: /ËŒsÉ›v.É™nˈtiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Alternative forms

• Arabic numerals: 17. Roman numerals: XVII

Origin

From Middle English seventene, from Old English seofontīene, from Proto-Germanic *sebuntehun. Compare Dutch zeventien, West Frisian santjin, German siebzehn, Danish sytten.

Numeral

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

Derived terms

• Ordinal: seventeenth

Derived terms

• seventeenth