Nineteen
(numeral)
The number equal to ten plus nine, represented in Roman numerals as XIX.
Origin:
From middle english nineteene, from old english nigontīene, from proto-germanic *niuntonēwegą.
Examples:
- She turned nineteen last month and is now legally an adult.
- Nineteen students signed up for the field trip.
- The winning lottery numbers were two, ten, nineteen, twenty-five, thirty-six, and forty-seven.
- The novel is divided into nineteen chapters.
- He ran nineteen miles in preparation for the marathon.