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seventeenth

Pronunciation: /ˌsɛvənˈtiːnθ/

The English word “seventeenth” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. The ordinal form of the number seventeen.

noun

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

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sevententhe, seventethe, from Old English seofontēoþa, equivalent to seventeen + -th.

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