seventeen English · revision 15316

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 900}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈsɛv.ən.tiːn/, /ˌsɛv.ənˈtiːn/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|seventene]], [[inh|ang|seofontīene]] (also [[m|ang|seofontȳne]]),^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from [[m|ang|seofon|t=seven]] and [[m|ang|-tīene|t=-teen]] (see [[seven]] and [[-teen]]),^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) akin to [[non|sjautján]] and [[de|siebzehn]].^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ About 900 in the OED;^(OED 1989) Etymonline calls the form seofontyne late Old English.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Sweet seventeen'' has been used of a girl's youthful age since about 1290.^(OED 1989) Seventeen was used for seventeenth from about 1400, now obsolete.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 900 – seofontīene.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1290 – sweet seventeen.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1594 – seventeen (noun).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The [[cardinal number]] equal to sixteen plus one, written 17 or XVII.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Amounting to seventeen.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[seventeenth]]

+ * [[seventeen-year locust]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[seven]]

+ * [[seventh]]

+ * [[seventy]]

+ * [[-teen]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ In Scots, ''seventeen senses'' meant all one's wits.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}