nineteen

English
English numbers (edit)
 ←  18 19 20  → 
    Cardinal: nineteen
    Ordinal: nineteenth
    Multiplier: nineteenfold

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (next word stressed near the first syllable)
    (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈnaɪn.tiːn/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • (next word stressed after the first syllable)
    (UK, US) IPA(key): /naɪnˈtiːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn

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".

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

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