diciassettesimo

Diciassettesimo is the Italian word for seventeenth. It is an ordinal number used to indicate position or order. For example, it can refer to the seventeenth day of a month, the seventeenth floor of a building, or the seventeenth person in a line. In numerical form, it is written as 17th or 17°.

The word derives from the Latin word "septemdecimus," meaning "seven and ten." The structure of the Italian ordinal number follows a pattern where the base number is combined with an appropriate suffix. For "diciassette" (seventeen), the suffix "-esimo" is added to form "diciassettesimo." This suffix is common for forming ordinal numbers in Italian, indicating "the nth."

Beyond its literal meaning, "diciassettesimo" can appear in various contexts. It might refer to a specific anniversary, such as a seventeenth wedding anniversary. In historical or cultural discussions, it could denote the seventeenth century (il diciassettesimo secolo) or the seventeenth event in a sequence. The concept of "seventeenth" is universal, but the linguistic representation varies by language, and "diciassettesimo" is the specific Italian rendering of this ordinal concept.