nineteen

American  

[nahyn-teen] / ˈnaɪnˈtin /

noun

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

Etymology

Origin of nineteen

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

Example Sentences

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

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

From Scientific American • Oct. 19, 2023

“You couldn’t have remembered the time you almost drowned. You were only nineteen months old. You weren’t even talking yet. They say you can only remember events when you have the words to name them.”

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson