Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seventeenth

/ˌsɛvənˈtiːnθ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: sev-en-teenth
IPA: /ˌsɛvənˈtiːnθ/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

The ordinal form of the number seventeen.

noun

One of seventeen equal parts of a whole.

noun

An interval of two octaves and a third.

Example Sentences

"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."
"A seventeeth of 340 is 20."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: sevententhe, seofontēoþa

Inflected Forms

seventeenths (plural)

Derived Forms

seventeenthly

Synonyms

17th

Rhymes With

nineteenth eighteenth sixteenth thirteenth fourteenth fifteenth friday the 13th juneteenth greenth

Questions

How do you pronounce seventeenth?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɛvənˈtiːnθ/.
What does seventeenth mean?: The ordinal form of the number seventeen.
Where does seventeenth come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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