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seventeenth

seventeenth

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One of seventeen equal parts of a whole
  • noun
  • /ˌsɛvənˈtiːnθ/
translation icon : una decimoséptima parte
  • The report was separated into seventeenths to make the information easier to digest.

Examples

  • Each participant will receive seventeenth of the total prize money.

  • We headed down Seventeenth to Broadway and called in at Duffy's Bar.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The cake was divided into seventeenths so everyone could have a piece.

Surface Forms

seventeenth singular
seventeenths plural

Morphology

seventeenth = seventeen (transparent) = seventeen + th

The fractional/partitive sense is formed by treating the ordinal/fractional suffix '-th' on the numeral 'seventeen', a predictable pattern for learners.

Etymology

Seventeenth can also mean one of seventeen equal parts; it comes from seventeen plus the ending -th, the same idea used in words like 'fourth' or 'fifth'. So if you cut something into seventeen pieces, each piece is a 'seventeenth'.