seventeenin world languages

LanguageWordPronunciationGenderActions
Japanese 十七じゅうなな jūnana —
French dix-sept /di.sɛt/ —
Italian diciassette /di.tʃasˈsɛt.te/ —
Spanish diecisiete /dje.θiˈsje.te/ —
German siebzehn /ˈziːp.tseːn/ —
Korean 십칠Hanja 十七 sipchil —
Chinese 十七Same in traditional shíqī —

Japanese is romanized in Hepburn, Chinese in pinyin, Korean in Revised Romanization; the rest in IPA (Castilian Spanish). Notation

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We found no well-known slang or unwanted meanings for this word in these languages (regional slang is not fully covered).

Language notes

  • Spanish (diecisiete)IPA shows Castilian Spanish; in Latin America [θ] (like English “th”) is pronounced [s].
  • Korean (십칠)For counting things and for age, the native Korean number 열일곱 is used.