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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024nine•teenth (nīn′tēnth′),USA pronunciation adj. - next after the eighteenth;
being the ordinal number for 19. - being one of 19 equal parts.
n. - a nineteenth part, esp. of one (1⁄19).
- the nineteenth member of a series.
- bef. 900; Middle English nyntenthe (see nineteen, -th2); replacing nientethe, Old English nigonteotha; see nine, tithe
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: nineteenth /ˌnaɪnˈtiːnθ/ adj - (usually prenominal) coming after the eighteenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc, being the ordinal number of nineteen. Often written: 19th
- (as noun): the nineteenth was rainy
n - one of 19 approximately equal parts of something
- (as modifier): a nineteenth part
- the fraction that is equal to one divided by 19 ( 1⁄19)
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024nine•teen /ˈnaɪnˈtin/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a cardinal number, equal to ten plus nine.
- a symbol for this number, as 19 or XIX.
- a set of this many persons or things.
adj. [before a noun] - amounting to 19 in number.
nine•teenth, adj., n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024nine•teen (nīn′tēn′),USA pronunciation n. - a cardinal number, ten plus nine.
- a symbol for this number, as 19 or XIX.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- Idioms talk nineteen to the dozen, to talk very rapidly or vehemently:Whenever I'm excited I talk nineteen to the dozen.
adj. - amounting to nineteen in number.
- Middle English nintene, Old English nigontȳne. See nine, -teen bef. 1000
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