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nineteen | nineteenish |

As a numeral nineteen

is 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".

As an adjective nineteenish is

of about nineteen years of age.

nineteen

English

(wikipedia nineteen)

Alternative forms

* Arabic numerals: . Roman symbols: XIX

Numeral

(head)
  • 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".

    • Related terms

    * Ordinal: nineteenth

    See also

    * Last: eighteen. Next: twenty English cardinal numbers

    nineteenish

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (informal) Of about nineteen years of age.