nineteen

English
English numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: nineteen
    Ordinal: nineteenth
    Adverbial: nineteen times
    Multiplier: nineteenfold
    Group collective: nineteensome

Alternative forms
  • Arabic numerals: 19. Roman symbols: XIX

Etymology

From Middle English nynetene, nintene, from Old English niġontīene, niġontēne, from Proto-Germanic *newuntehun. Cognate with Dutch negentien, Low German negenteihn, Hunsrik neinzen, German neunzehn, Danish nitten.

Equivalent to nine +‎ -teen

Pronunciation
  • (next word stressed near the first syllable)
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnaɪntiːn/
    • (General American) enPR: nīnʹtēn', IPA(key): /ˈnaɪnˌtin/
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  • (next word stressed after the first syllable)

Numeral

nineteen

  1. The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".
    • 1997, Swan Dive (lyrics and music), “Groovy Tuesday” (track 1), in Wintergreen, performed by Swan Dive:
      She says groovy like it's nineteen sixty-nine.

Derived terms
  • (adj. of the number 19 or a 19-year period): decennoval

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