Dix-sept
Seventeen
Language note: Combine 'dees' and 'set'.
Culture note: Seventeen is the age of legal work ability in France, 'travailler à dix-sept ans'.
Context: To extend their counting ability, the teacher says to count to seventeen.
Word-by-Word Breakdown
Dix-sept
[dees-set]
Seventeen
The number following sixteen, corresponding to seventeen units.
Dix-sept élèves sont présents.
Seventeen students are present.
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