nineteen

A1
US /ˈnaɪnˌtin/ UK /ˈnaɪntiːn/
num adj noun Freq #11365

Meanings

  1. 1
    num

    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".

    She says groovy like it's nineteen sixty-nine.

  2. 2
    adj

    being one more than eighteen

  3. 3
    noun

    the cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one

Etymology

From Middle English nyntene, nynetene, 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

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Synonyms
2 adj · being one more than eighteen xix

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