nineteen
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nineteen
- /ˈnaɪntiːn/ UK
- /ˈnaɪnˌtin/ US
- /naɪnˈtiːn/ UK
- /ˌnaɪnˈtin/ US
Rhymes with -iːn
Where it comes from
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
number 19 · XIX
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cardinal, xix, brother, forty-ninth, mil, seventeen, sixteen, thirteen, fourteen, eighteen, eleven, thirty, twenty, fifteen, seventy, forty
Translations
Every language
num cardinal number
| Español | diecinueve |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 열아홉 yeorahop, 십구 sipgu |
| 日本語 | 十九 |
| 中文 | 十九 shíjiǔ |
| हिन्दी | उन्नीस unnīs |
| Kiswahili | kumi na tisa |
| Français | dix-neuf |
| Deutsch | neunzehn |
| Italiano | diciannove |
| Ελληνικά | δεκαεννέα dekaennéa, δεκαεννιά dekaenniá |
| Română | nouăsprezece, nouășpe |
| Русский | девятна́дцать devjatnádcatʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | mười chín |
| العربية | تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ tisʕata ʕašara |
| עברית | תְּשַׁע־עֶשְׂרֵה t'sha esre, תִּשְׁעָה־עָשָׂר tish'a asar |
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title = {nineteen},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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