seventeen
SEV-uhn-teen/ˈsɛv.ən.tiːn/
- 1The number that comes after sixteen and before eighteen, written as 17.
She turned seventeen last week and started looking for a part-time job.
There are seventeen children in our reading group this morning.
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Origin
It comes from Old English "seofontīene", made from the words for "seven" and "-teen".