Nineteen

/ˈnaɪntiːn/ num

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Noun
  1. 1
    the cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    being one more than eighteen wordnet
Numeral
  1. 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".

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

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1919cardinal numeralcountcounting numeralnineteen people

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"The captain went to sea when he was nineteen."

Etymology

From Middle English nynetene, nintene, 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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