seventeenth

BrE /ˈsɛvəntiːnθ/ AmE /ˈsɛvəntiːnθ/

adjective en → es

1 ORDINAL NUMBER [attributive, predicative] B1

the ordinal number that comes after sixteenth and before eighteenth; the position of a person or thing in a sequence when there are seventeen people or things before it

décimo séptimo, número diecisiete en orden

  • the seventeenth [noun]

Collocations seventeenth birthday

  • She was born on the seventeenth of March.

    Ella nació el diecisiete de marzo.

2 YEAR [attributive] B2

the year that comes after sixteen and before eighteen; used to refer to a specific year in the Gregorian calendar

el año diecisiete, el año del ordinal diecisiete

  • the seventeenth [century/year]

Collocations seventeenth century

  • The Treaty of Versailles was signed in the seventeenth year of the twentieth century.

    El Tratado de Versalles fue firmado en el año diecisiete del siglo veinte.