SEVENTEEN


Meaning of SEVENTEEN in English

sev ‧ en ‧ teen /ˌsev ə nˈtiːn◂/ BrE AmE number

[ Language: Old English ; Origin: seofontiene , from seofon 'seven' + tien 'ten' ]

the number 17:

a group of seventeen American military officers

I left home when I was seventeen (=17 years old) .

—seventeenth adjective , pronoun :

in the seventeenth century

her seventeenth birthday

I’m planning to leave on the seventeenth (=the 17th day of the month) .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.