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nineteen

  1. natural number
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noun

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adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪntiːn/ / /ˈnaɪnˌtin/ / /naɪnˈtiːn/

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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

  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.