seventeenth

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adjective

sev·​en·​teenth -ēn(t)th 

1

: being number 17 in a countable series

the seventeenth day

see Table of Numbers

2

: being one of 17 equal parts into which something is divisible

a seventeenth share of the money

seventeenth

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noun

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plural seventeenths

1

: number 17 in a countable series

the seventeenth of the month

2

: the quotient of a unit divided by 17 : one of 17 equal parts of something

one seventeenth of the total

3

a

: a musical interval (see interval sense 2c) embracing two octaves and a third : a musical interval embracing seventeen diatonic degrees

b

: an organ stop producing notes a seventeenth above those of the keys played

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English sevententhe, alteration (influenced by seventene) of seventethe, from Old English seofontēotha (akin to Old Norse sjautjāndi, sjautāndi seventeenth), from seofontīene, seofontȳne, seofontēne seventeen + -otha, -tha -th

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Rhymes for seventeenth

• eighteenth
• fifteenth
• fourteenth
• nineteenth
• sixteenth
• thirteenth
• umpteenth