seventeenths
Sayse-vuhn-TEENTHS/ˌsɛvənˈtiːnθs/
- 1Plural of seventeenth. Use this form when talking about more than one part, where the whole is split into seventeen equal pieces.
Two seventeenths of the cake were left after the party.
She added five seventeenths and three seventeenths to find the total.
Note
seventeenths is a form of seventeenth
seventeenth, noun: One part of something that has been split into 17 equal parts. Full entry
- Forms
- seventeenthseventeenths plural
- Spelling
- seventeenth → seventeenths: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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