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

There have been nineteen confirmed cases of food poisoning following reports of customers feeling unwell after eating a carvery at a pub.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

Crashing in the Canadian wilderness in 1996 with your soccer teammates and being stranded there for nineteen months is pretty specific.

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

Located in Northern California, Tule Lake was a high-security segregation center with almost nineteen thousand inmates.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata