nineteen

American  

[nahyn-teen] / ˈnaɪnˈtin /

noun

• nineteens
  plural

1. a cardinal number, ten plus nine.

2. a symbol for this number, as 19 or XIX.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to nineteen in number.

idioms

1. talk nineteen to the dozen, to talk very rapidly or vehemently.

   Whenever I'm excited I talk nineteen to the dozen.

nineteen British  

/ ˌnaɪnˈtiːn /

noun

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and nine and is a prime number See also number

2. a numeral, 19, XIX, etc, representing this number

3. something represented by, representing, or consisting of 19 units

4. to talk incessantly

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determiner

1. 1. amounting to nineteen

      nineteen pictures

   2. ( as pronoun )

      only nineteen voted

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• nineteens
  plural

Etymology

Origin of nineteen

before 1000; Middle English nintene, Old English nigontȳne. See nine, -teen

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

nineteen nineteens

See “something will turn up” and “Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds nought and six, result misery.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

In the 2020s, some of those girls have now grown into adult women navigating daily struggles alongside lingering trauma from their nineteen stranded months.

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2025

“These nineteen Americans built teams, coalitions, movements, organizations, and businesses that shaped America for the better,” the announcement from the White House said.

From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024

It was in nineteen hundred and nineteen Yes men and women was dyin’,

From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2023

Hal was a youngster of nineteen or twenty, with a big Colt’s revolver and a hunting-knife strapped about him on a belt that fairly bristled with cartridges.

From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London

Well, boys, when you get out of the nineteens, you will begin to learn something.

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 03, April 16, 1870 by Various