Meaning

2 senses
  1. One of seventeen equal parts of a whole.

    A seventeeth of 340 is 20.

    siebzehnte

    семнадцатая

  2. An interval of two octaves and a third.

More definitions
  • position 17 in a countable series of things

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Today is Tuesday, the seventeenth of October.

    ruСегодня вторник, семнадцатое октября.

    deHeute ist Dienstag, der siebzehnte Oktober.

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  2. His family dates back to the seventeenth century.

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  3. Much of London was destroyed in the seventeenth century.

    ruВ семнадцатом веке многое в Лондоне было разрушено.

    deGroße Teile Londons wurden im 17. Jahrhundert zerstört.

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  4. In France, the seventeenth century is the period of classical literature.

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  5. The story is set in Paris, in the late seventeenth century.

    deDie Geschichte spielt in Paris, im späten 17. Jahrhundert.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
one of seventeen equal parts of a whole:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one of seventeen equal parts of a whole:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English sevententhe, seventethe, from Old English seofontēoþa, equiv

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

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Forms

plural: seventeenths
Singularseventeenth
Pluralseventeenths

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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