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nineteen

/ˈnaɪnˌtin/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English

Syllables
nine-teen
IPA
/ˈnaɪnˌtin/
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

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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".

Example Sentences

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈnaɪnˌtin/
  • British English: /ˈnaɪntiːn/

Inflected Forms

19 (alternative) XIX (alternative)

Derived Forms

nineteenth nineteenfold nineteenish nineteenness nineteenpence

Phrases

nineteen-fifties nineteen hand nineteen hundred nineteen hundreds nineteen to the dozen Last: eighteen. Next: twenty

Frequently Paired Words

decennoval Last: eighteen. Next: twenty

Synonyms

19 xix

Rhymes With

between mean seen green clean scene machine queen screen marine dean routine

Questions

How do you pronounce nineteen?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnaɪnˌtin/.
What does nineteen mean?
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".
Where does nineteen come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce nineteen

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