seventene

Middle English

Middle English numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: seventene

Alternative forms

• sevenetene, cevyntene, seventeen, seventen, sevyntene
• seoventene, soventene, seofontyne, sceoventene (Early Middle English)

Etymology

From Anglian Old English seofontēne (compare West Saxon seofontīene), from Proto-Germanic *sebuntehun. Equivalent to seven +‎ -tene.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛvənteːn(ə)/, /ˈsɛːvənteːn(ə)/

Numeral

seventene

1. seventeen

Descendants

• English: seventeen
• Scots: seiventeen
• Yola: zeventeen

References

• “sē̆ventẹ̄n(e, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 December 2018.