num · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK, US:/ˌsɛv.ənˈtiːn/
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1
num
Meaning 1
The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
being one more than sixteen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: 17, xvii
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: 17, XVII
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: large integer
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English seventene, from Old English seofontīene, from Proto-Germanic *sebuntehun. Cognate with Dutch zeventien, West Frisian santjin, German siebzehn, Danish sytten. Equivalent to seven + -teen
Across languages
Translations
222 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
sewentien
— cardinal number
Ainu:
アラワン イカシマ ワン
— cardinal number
Ainu:
arawan ikasima wan
— cardinal number
Albanian:
shtatëmbëdhjetë
— cardinal number
Southern Altai:
он јети
(on ǰeti)
— cardinal number
Amharic:
አስራ ሰባት
(ʾäsra säbat)
— cardinal number
Arabic:
سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ
(sabʕata ʕašara)
— cardinal number
Arabic:
سبعتاشر
(sabaʕtāšar)
— cardinal number
Aragonese:
decisiet
— cardinal number
Aragonese:
dechiset
— cardinal number
Aramaic:
שבעסר
(shba‘sar)
— cardinal number
Aramaic:
שבעסרא
(shba‘esrē)
— cardinal number
Aramaic:
ܫܒܥܣܪ
(shba‘sar)
— cardinal number
Aramaic:
ܫܒܥܣܪܐ
(shba‘esrē)
— cardinal number
Armenian:
տասնյոթ
(tasnyotʻ)
— cardinal number
Old Armenian:
եօթնեւտասն
(eōtʻnewtasn)
— cardinal number
Asturian:
diecisiete
— cardinal number
Aymara:
tunka paqallquni
— cardinal number
Azerbaijani:
on yeddi
— cardinal number
Bashkir:
ун ете
(un yete)
— cardinal number
Basque:
hamazazpi
— cardinal number
Belarusian:
сямна́ццаць
(sjamnáccacʹ)
— cardinal number
Belarusian:
семна́ццаць
(sjemnáccacʹ)
— cardinal number
Bengali:
সতেরো
(śoterō)
— cardinal number
Central Bikol:
kagpito
— cardinal number
Central Bikol:
diyesisiyete
— cardinal number
Breton:
seitek
— cardinal number
Bulgarian:
седемна́десет
(sedemnádeset)
— cardinal number
Bulgarian:
седемна́йсет
(sedemnájset)
— cardinal number
Burmese:
ဆယ့်ခုနစ်
(hcai.hku.nac)
— cardinal number
Buryat:
арбан долоон
(arban doloon)
— cardinal number
Carpathian Rusyn:
сїмна́дцять
(sjimnádcjatʹ)
— cardinal number
Catalan:
disset
— cardinal number
Cebuano:
napulog pito
— cardinal number
Chechen:
вуьрхӏитта
(vürhitta)
— cardinal number
Cherokee:
ᎦᎵᏆᏚ
(galiquadu)
— cardinal number
Chichewa:
khumi n'zisanu n'ziwiri
— cardinal number
Chinese Cantonese:
十七
— cardinal number
Hakka Chinese:
十七
(sṳ̍p-chhit)
— cardinal number
Chinese Mandarin:
十七
(shíqī)
— cardinal number
Chuvash:
вунҫиччӗ
(vunś̬iččĕ)
— cardinal number
Chuvash:
вунҫичӗ
(vunś̬ič̬ĕ)
— cardinal number
Chuvash:
вунҫич
(vunś̬ič)
— cardinal number
Cornish:
seytek
— cardinal number
Crimean Tatar:
on yedi
— cardinal number
Czech:
sedmnáct
— cardinal number
Dalmatian:
dichisapto
— cardinal number
Danish:
sytten
— cardinal number
Dena'ina:
qents'eghuy'i beq'di
— cardinal number
Dhivehi:
ސަތާރަ
(satāra)
— cardinal number
Dutch:
zeventien
— cardinal number
Dzongkha:
བཅུ་བདུན
(bcu bdun)
— cardinal number
Ifè:
máaméedze
— cardinal number
Ifè:
mɛ́ɛtaɖìnógú
— cardinal number
Edo:
èháírrọ̀vbúgiè
— cardinal number
Esperanto:
dek sep
— cardinal number
Estonian:
seitseteist
— cardinal number
Fijian:
tini ka vitu
— cardinal number
Finnish:
seitsemäntoista
— cardinal number
French:
dix-sept
— cardinal number
West-Frisian:
santjin
— cardinal number
Friulian:
disesiet
— cardinal number
Galician:
dezasete
— cardinal number
Georgian:
ჩვიდმეტი
(čvidmeṭi)
— cardinal number
German:
siebzehn
— cardinal number
Greek:
δεκαεπτά
(dekaeptá)
— cardinal number
Ancient Greek:
ἑπτακαίδεκα
(heptakaídeka)
— cardinal number
Ancient Greek:
ιζ ́
— cardinal number
Greenlandic:
arfersaneq-marluk
— cardinal number
Gujarati:
સત્તર
(sattar)
— cardinal number
Haitian Creole:
disèt
— cardinal number
Hawaiian:
ʻumikūmāhiku
— cardinal number
Hebrew:
שְׁבַע־עֶשְׂרֵה
(shva esre)
— cardinal number
Hebrew:
שִׁבְעָה־עָשָׂר
(shiv'a asar)
— cardinal number
Hindi:
सत्रह
(satrah)
— cardinal number
Hopi:
pakwt niikyang tsange’ siikya’ta
— cardinal number
Hungarian:
tizenhét
— cardinal number
Hunsrik:
sibzen
— cardinal number
Icelandic:
sautján
— cardinal number
Ido:
dek-e-sep
— cardinal number
Igala:
ẹ̀gwébie
— cardinal number
Igbo:
ìri nà àsaà
— cardinal number
Indonesian:
tujuh belas
— cardinal number
Ingrian:
seitsentoist
— cardinal number
Interlingua:
dece-septe
— cardinal number
Inupiaq:
akimiaq malġuk
— cardinal number
Irish:
seacht déag
— cardinal number
Italian:
diciassette
— cardinal number
Japanese:
十七
— cardinal number
Javanese:
pitulas
— cardinal number
Jeju:
열일곱
(yeorilgop)
— cardinal number
Jeju:
십칠
(sipchil)
— cardinal number
Kannada:
ಹದಿನೇಳು
(hadinēḷu)
— cardinal number
S'gaw Karen:
တဆံနွံ
(ta hsee nwee)
— cardinal number
Kazakh:
он жеті
(on jetı)
— cardinal number
Khmer:
ដប់ប្រាំពីរ
(dop pram pī)
— cardinal number
Komi-Permyak:
дассизим
(dasśiźim)
— cardinal number
Korean:
열일곱
(yeorilgop)
— cardinal number
Korean:
십칠
(sipchil)
— cardinal number
Central Kurdish:
حەڤدە
(ḧevde)
— cardinal number
Northern Kurdish:
hevde
— cardinal number
Kyrgyz:
он жети
(on jeti)
— cardinal number
Ladino:
דייזיסייטי
— cardinal number
Ladino:
diezisiete
— cardinal number
Lakota:
akéšakowiŋ
— cardinal number
Lao:
ສິບເຈັດ
(sip chet)
— cardinal number
Latin:
septendecim
— cardinal number
Latvian:
septiņpadsmit
— cardinal number
Ligurian:
dîsètte
— cardinal number
Lithuanian:
septyniolika
— cardinal number
Livonian:
seistuoistõn
— cardinal number
Louisiana Creole:
disèt
— cardinal number
Louisiana Creole:
di-sèt
— cardinal number
Low German:
söventeihn
— cardinal number
Low German:
söventeihn
— cardinal number
Lü:
ᦉᦲᧇᦵᦈᧆ
(ṡiibṫsed)
— cardinal number
Lucumí:
eta dilogun
— cardinal number
Lucumí:
meta dilogún
— cardinal number
Luxembourgish:
siwwenzéng
— cardinal number
Luxembourgish:
siwenzéng
— cardinal number
Macedonian:
седумнаесет
(sedumnaeset)
— cardinal number
Malagasy:
fito ambinifolo
— cardinal number
Malay:
tujuh belas
— cardinal number
Malay:
pitu belas
— cardinal number
Malay:
sepuluh tujuh
— cardinal number
Malay:
sepuluh pitu
— cardinal number
Malay:
satu puluh tujuh
— cardinal number
Malay:
satu puluh pitu
— cardinal number
Brunei Malay:
tujuh balas
— cardinal number
Malayalam:
പതിനേഴ്
(patinēḻŭ)
— cardinal number
Maltese:
sbatax
— cardinal number
Manchu:
ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠨᠠᡩᠠᠨ
(juwan nadan)
— cardinal number
Māori:
tekau mā whitu
— cardinal number
Mapudungun:
marirekle
— cardinal number
Middle English:
seventene
— cardinal number
Central Sierra Miwok:
naˀá·ča- kenék·aky-ˀ hej·i-ˀ
— cardinal number
Mongolian:
арван долоо
(arvan doloo)
— cardinal number
Khiamniungan Naga:
tshìekǜtshǖnīeh
— cardinal number
Classical Nahuatl:
caxtōlli omōme
— cardinal number
Navajo:
tsostsʼidtsʼáadah
— cardinal number
Nigerian Pidgin:
sẹ́vìntín
— cardinal number
Norman:
dgiêx-sept
— cardinal number
Norwegian:
sytten
— cardinal number
Nuosu:
ꏃ
(shyp)
— cardinal number
Occitan:
dètz-e-sèt
— cardinal number
Odia:
ସତର
(satara)
— cardinal number
Ojibwe:
ashi-niizhwaaswi
— cardinal number
Old Church Slavonic:
седмь на десѧте
(sedmĭ na desęte)
— cardinal number
Olukumi:
mèzelémègwa
— cardinal number
Pannonian Rusyn:
седемнац
(sedemnac)
— cardinal number
Pennsylvania German:
siwwezeh
— cardinal number
Persian:
هفده
(hefdah)
— cardinal number
Piedmontese:
dissèt
— cardinal number
Polish:
siedemnaście
— cardinal number
Polish:
siedemnaścioro
— cardinal number
Portuguese:
dezassete
— cardinal number
Portuguese:
dezessete
— cardinal number
Punjabi:
ਸਤਾਰਾਂ
(satārā̃)
— cardinal number
Quechua:
chunka qanchisniyuq
— cardinal number
Réunion Creole French:
disèt
— cardinal number
Romagnol:
diccèt
— cardinal number
Kalo Finnish Romani:
deȟ-o-efta
— cardinal number
Romanian:
șaptesprezece
— cardinal number
Romanian:
șapteșpe
— cardinal number
Romansh:
deschset
— cardinal number
Russian:
семна́дцать
(semnádcatʹ)
— cardinal number
Inari-Sami:
čiččâmnubáloh
— cardinal number
Northern Sami:
čiežanuppelohkái
— cardinal number
Skolt-Sami:
činmlo
— cardinal number
Samoan:
sefulu fitu
— cardinal number
Sanskrit:
सप्तदश
(saptádaśa)
— cardinal number
Santali:
ᱜᱮᱞ ᱮᱭᱟᱭ
(gel eyay)
— cardinal number
Scottish Gaelic:
seachd-deug
— cardinal number
Serbo-Croatian:
седамнаест
— cardinal number
Serbo-Croatian:
sedamnaest
— cardinal number
Shan:
သိပ်းၸဵတ်း
(síp tsáet)
— cardinal number
Sikkimese:
བཅུ་བདུན
(bcu bdun)
— cardinal number
Sinhalese:
දහහත
(dahahata)
— cardinal number
Slovak:
sedemnásť
— cardinal number
Slovene:
sedemnajst
— cardinal number
Lower Sorbian:
sedymnasćo
— cardinal number
Upper Sorbian:
sydomnaće
— cardinal number
Spanish:
diecisiete
— cardinal number
Swahili:
kumi na saba
— cardinal number
Swedish:
sjutton
— cardinal number
Tagalog:
labimpito
— cardinal number
Tahitian:
hō'ē 'ahuru ma hitu
— cardinal number
Tajik:
ҳафдаҳ
(hafdah)
— cardinal number
Tamil:
பதினேழு
(patiṉēḻu)
— cardinal number
Tatar:
унҗиде
(uncide)
— cardinal number
Telugu:
పదిహేడు
(padihēḍu)
— cardinal number
Thai:
สิบเจ็ด
(sìp-jèt)
— cardinal number
Tibetan:
བཅུ་བདུན
(bcu bdun)
— cardinal number
Tigre:
ዐስር ወሰቡዕ
(ʿäsr wäsäbuʿ)
— cardinal number
Tigrinya:
ዓሰርተ ሸውዓተ
(ʿasärtä šäwʿatä)
— cardinal number
Tok Pisin:
seventin
— cardinal number
Tok Pisin:
wanpela ten seven
— cardinal number
Tongan:
hongofulu mā fitu
— cardinal number
Turkish:
on yedi
— cardinal number
Turkmen:
on ýedi
— cardinal number
Ukrainian:
сімна́дцять
(simnádcjatʹ)
— cardinal number