nineteenth

[nahyn-teenth]

adjective

1. next after the eighteenth; being the ordinal number for 19.

2. being one of 19 equal parts.

noun

1. a nineteenth part, especially of one (1/19).

2. the nineteenth member of a series.

nineteenth

/ ˌnaɪnˈtiːnθ /

adjective

1. (usually prenominal)

   1. coming after the eighteenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc, being the ordinal number of nineteen. Often written: 19th

   2. ( as noun )

      the nineteenth was rainy

noun

1. 1. one of 19 approximately equal parts of something

   2. ( as modifier )

      a nineteenth part

2. the fraction that is equal to one divided by 19 ( 1/ 19 )

Word History and Origins

Origin of nineteenth¹

before 900; Middle English nyntenthe ( nineteen, -th ² ); replacing nientethe, Old English nigonteotha; nine, tithe

Example Sentences

This result contradicts a scientific explanation that has shaped the understanding of the Faraday Effect since the nineteenth century.

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From the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, approximately twelve million Africans were transported across the Atlantic as human property.

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Dame Carol Black, chair of the British Library, described Wilde as "one of the most significant literary figures of the nineteenth century".

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When Britain’s global turn came in the nineteenth century, its naval dominion over the world’s oceans was softened by an enticing cultural ethos of commerce, language, literature, and even sports.

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The deaths come as the war in Gaza enters is nineteenth month, following the Hamas-led assault of 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

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