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.

---

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

---

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

Britain’s top tax rates reached 95% on “unearned” income—or, as Harrison put it, “one for you, nineteen for me.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

A cool head, an unfeeling heart, and a cowardly disposition prompted him, at the age of nineteen, to assume the mask of hypocrisy, which he never afterwards laid aside….

From Salon ● Feb. 17, 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

The nineteen include Birmingham, Woking, Thurrock, Slough, Nottingham and Croydon in London - six of the eight English councils that have effectively declared bankruptcy.

From BBC ● Feb. 29, 2024

“Lafayette, we are here!” the Americans announced—a tribute to the Marquis de Lafayette, who sailed to America at the age of nineteen and served as a volunteer under George Washington during the American Revolutionary War.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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