nineteen

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
11
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈnaɪntiːn/
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/ˈnaɪntiːn/ · /ˈnaɪnˌtin/ · /naɪnˈtiːn/ · /ˌnaɪnˈtin/

Definition of nineteen

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

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  1. The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".
    “She says groovy like it's nineteen sixty-nine.”

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Etymology

From Middle English nyntene, nynetene, from Old English niġontīene, niġontēne, from Proto-Germanic *newuntehun. Cognate with Dutch negentien, Low German negenteihn, Hunsrik neinzen, German neunzehn, Danish nitten. Equivalent to nine + -teen

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