nineteen

Pronunciation

• (next word stressed near the first syllable)

  (UK) (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈnaɪn.tiːn/

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• (next word stressed after the first syllable)

  (UK) (US) IPA ^(key): /naɪnˈtiːn/

• Hyphenation: nine‧teen

Determiner

Determiner nineteen

1. (number) (indefinite) (plural) (count) (ordinal nineteenth) Nineteen is the number that is after eighteen and before twenty. It can also be written as 19.

   Nineteen ducks swim on the lake.

Noun

Singular nineteen

Plural nineteens

1. The number 19.

   Nine and ten makes nineteen.

2. A set of nineteen things or persons.

   The nineteen are the fastest runners in their school.

3. To be nineteen years old.

   Paul is nineteen, but he looks older