I. (ˈ)nīn.|tēn, -īnt|tēn sometimes -īnt.|ēn adjective
Etymology: Middle English nynetene, nigentene, from Old English nigontīene, nigontȳne, nigontēne (akin to Old High German niunzehan, Old Norse nītjān ), from nigon nine + -tīene, -tȳne, -tēne (from tīen, tȳn, tēn ten) — more at nine , ten
: being one more than 18 in number
nineteen years
— see number table; used prepositively to designate various years of the 20th century
the nineteen -eighties
the early nineteen -hundreds
II. pronoun, plural in construction
Etymology: Middle English nynetene, nigentene, from nynetene, nigentene nineteen, adjective
: nineteen countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
nineteen are here
nineteen were found
III. noun
( -s )
1. : 10 and nine
2.
a. : 19 units or objects
a total of nineteen
b. : a group or set of 19
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 19
4. : the nineteenth in a set or series ; especially : an article of clothing of the nineteenth size
wears a nineteen
5. : something having as an essential feature nineteen units or members
6.
[so called from the fact that no hand can score exactly 19]
: a score of zero in cribbage