nineteen

noun

nine·​teen nīn-ˈtēn How to pronounce nineteen (audio)
ˈnīn-ˌtēn
: a number that is one more than 18 see Table of Numbers
nineteen adjective
nineteen pronoun, plural in construction
nineteenth
nīn-ˈtēn(t)th How to pronounce nineteen (audio)
ˈnīn-ˌtēn(t)th
adjective or noun

Examples of nineteen in a Sentence

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Celebrity News Twenty nineteen could prove to be Taylor Swift's biggest year yet. — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2019 The company’s policy of military-historical accuracy prohibits it from making inauthentic garments; actual MA-1 flight jackets, produced for about twenty years, starting in the late nineteen-fifties, were sage green. — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2019

Word History

Etymology

Middle English nynetene, adjective, from Old English nigontēne, from nigon + -tīene (akin to Old English tīen ten) — more at ten

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of nineteen was before the 12th century

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nineteen

noun
nine·​teen (ˈ)nīn(t)-ˈtēn How to pronounce nineteen (audio)
: a number that is one more than 18 see number
nineteen adjective or pronoun
nineteenth
-ˈtēn(t)th How to pronounce nineteen (audio)
adjective or noun

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