num · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈnaɪntiːn/
General-American:nīnʹtēn'
General-American:/ˈnaɪnˌtin/
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Received-Pronunciation:/naɪnˈtiːn/
General-American:nīn'tēnʹ
General-American:/ˌnaɪnˈtin/
rhymes with -iːn
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
num
Meaning 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".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
being one more than eighteen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: 19, xix
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
the cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: 19, XIX
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: large integer
History
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
Across languages
Translations
199 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
negentien
— cardinal number
Afrikaans:
neëntien
— cardinal number
Albanian:
nëntëmbëdhjetë
— cardinal number
Southern Altai:
он тогус
(on togus)
— cardinal number
Amharic:
አስራ ዘጠኝ
(ʾäsra zäṭäñ)
— cardinal number
Western Apache:
ńgóstʼáítsʼádah
— cardinal number
Arabic:
تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ
(tisʕata ʕašara)
— cardinal number
Arabic:
تسعتاشر
(tisʕatāšar)
— cardinal number
Aramaic:
תשעסר
(tsha‘sar)
— cardinal number
Aramaic:
תשעסרא
(tsha‘esrē)
— cardinal number
Aramaic:
ܬܫܥܣܪ
(tsha‘sar)
— cardinal number
Aramaic:
ܬܫܥܣܪܐ
(tsha'esrē)
— cardinal number
Armenian:
տասնինը
(tasninə)
— cardinal number
Old Armenian:
իննեւտասն
(innewtasn)
— cardinal number
Asturian:
diecinueve
— cardinal number
Aymara:
tunka llätunkani
— cardinal number
Azerbaijani:
on doqquz
— cardinal number
Bashkir:
ун туғыҙ
(un tuğıź)
— cardinal number
Basque:
hemeretzi
— cardinal number
Belarusian:
дзевятна́ццаць
(dzjevjatnáccacʹ)
— cardinal number
Bengali:
উনিশ
(uniś)
— cardinal number
Central Bikol:
kagsiyam
— cardinal number
Breton:
naontek
— cardinal number
Bulgarian:
деветна́десет
(devetnádeset)
— cardinal number
Bulgarian:
деветна́йсет
(devetnájset)
— cardinal number
Burmese:
ဆယ့်ကိုး
(hcai.kui:)
— cardinal number
Buryat:
арбан юһэн
(arban juhen)
— cardinal number
Carpathian Rusyn:
девятна́дцять
(devjatnádcjatʹ)
— cardinal number
Catalan:
dinou
— cardinal number
Cebuano:
napulog siyam
— cardinal number
Chechen:
ткъайоьсна
(tqʼajösna)
— cardinal number
Cherokee:
ᏐᏁᎳᏚ
(soneladu)
— cardinal number
Chichewa:
khumi n'zisanu n'zinayi
— cardinal number
Chickasaw:
awa-chakká'li
— cardinal number
Chinese Cantonese:
十九
(sap6 gau2)
— cardinal number
Hakka Chinese:
十九
(sṳ̍p-kiú)
— cardinal number
Chinese Mandarin:
十九
(shíjiǔ)
— cardinal number
Chuvash:
вунтӑххӑр
(vunt̬ăhhăr)
— cardinal number
Chuvash:
вунтӑхӑр
(vunt̬ăh̬ăr)
— cardinal number
Czech:
devatenáct
— cardinal number
Dalmatian:
dichinú
— cardinal number
Danish:
nitten
— cardinal number
Dena'ina:
łq'ich'idi beq'di
— cardinal number
Dhivehi:
ނަވާރަ
(navāra)
— cardinal number
Dhivehi:
އޮނަވިހި
(onavihi)
— cardinal number
Dutch:
negentien
— cardinal number
Dzongkha:
བཅུ་དགུ
(bcu dgu)
— cardinal number
Esperanto:
dek naŭ
— cardinal number
Estonian:
üheksateist
— cardinal number
Fijian:
tini ka ciwa
— cardinal number
Finnish:
yhdeksäntoista
— cardinal number
French:
dix-neuf
— cardinal number
West-Frisian:
njoggentjin
— cardinal number
Galician:
dezanove
— cardinal number
Georgian:
ცხრამეტი
(cxrameṭi)
— cardinal number
German:
neunzehn
— cardinal number
Greek:
δεκαεννέα
(dekaennéa)
— cardinal number
Greek:
δεκαεννιά
(dekaenniá)
— cardinal number
Ancient Greek:
ἐννεακαίδεκα
(enneakaídeka)
— cardinal number
Ancient Greek:
ιθ ́
— cardinal number
Greenlandic:
arfersaneq-sisamat
— cardinal number
Gujarati:
ઓગણીસ
(ogaṇīs)
— cardinal number
Haitian Creole:
diznèf
— cardinal number
Hawaiian:
ʻumikūmāiwa
— cardinal number
Hebrew:
תְּשַׁע־עֶשְׂרֵה
(t'sha esre)
— cardinal number
Hebrew:
תִּשְׁעָה־עָשָׂר
(tish'a asar)
— cardinal number
Hindi:
उन्नीस
(unnīs)
— cardinal number
Hopi:
pakwt niikyang pevt siikya’ta
— cardinal number
Hungarian:
tizenkilenc
— cardinal number
Hunsrik:
neinzen
— cardinal number
Icelandic:
nítján
— cardinal number
Ido:
dek-e-non
— cardinal number
Indonesian:
sembilan belas
— cardinal number
Ingrian:
yheksäntoist
— cardinal number
Interlingua:
dece-nove
— cardinal number
Inupiaq:
iñuiññaġutaiḷaq
— cardinal number
Irish:
naoi déag
— cardinal number
Italian:
diciannove
— cardinal number
Japanese:
十九
— cardinal number
Javanese:
sangalas
— cardinal number
Kannada:
ಹತ್ತೊಂಬತ್ತು
(hattombattu)
— cardinal number
S'gaw Karen:
တဆံခွံ
(ta hsee khwee)
— cardinal number
Kazakh:
он тоғыз
(on toğyz)
— cardinal number
Khmer:
ដប់ប្រាំបួន
(dop pram buon)
— cardinal number
Komi-Permyak:
дасӧкмыс
(dasökmys)
— cardinal number
Korean:
열아홉
(yeorahop)
— cardinal number
Korean:
십구
(sipgu)
— cardinal number
Central Kurdish:
نۆزدە
(nozde)
— cardinal number
Northern Kurdish:
nozde
— cardinal number
Kyrgyz:
он тогуз
(on toguz)
— cardinal number
Lakota:
akénapčiyuŋka
— cardinal number
Lao:
ສິບເກົ້າ
(sip kao)
— cardinal number
Latin:
ūndēvīgintī
— cardinal number
Latvian:
deviņpadsmit
— cardinal number
Ligurian:
dixinêuve
— cardinal number
Lithuanian:
devyniolika
— cardinal number
Livonian:
īdõkstuoistõn
— cardinal number
Louisiana Creole:
diz-nèf
— cardinal number
Low German:
negenteihn
— cardinal number
Low German:
nägenteihn
— cardinal number
Low German:
negenteihn
— cardinal number
Lü:
ᦉᦲᧇᦂᧁᧉ
(ṡiibk̇aw2)
— cardinal number
Luxembourgish:
nongzéng
— cardinal number
Luxembourgish:
nonzéng
— cardinal number
Macedonian:
деветна́есет
(devetnáeset)
— cardinal number
Malagasy:
sivy ambinifolo
— cardinal number
Malay:
sembilan belas
— cardinal number
Malay:
sepuluh sembilan
— cardinal number
Malay:
satu puluh sembilan
— cardinal number
Brunei Malay:
sambilan balas
— cardinal number
Malayalam:
പത്തൊമ്പത്
(pattompatŭ)
— cardinal number
Maltese:
dsatax
— cardinal number
Manchu:
ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᡠᠶᡠᠨ
(juwan uyun)
— cardinal number
Māori:
tekau mā iwa
— cardinal number
Mapudungun:
mariylla
— cardinal number
Middle English:
nyntene
— cardinal number
Central Sierra Miwok:
naˀá·ča- woˀé-ˀ hej·i-ˀ
— cardinal number
Mongolian:
арван ес
(arvan jes)
— cardinal number
Mongolian:
арав ес
(arav jes)
— cardinal number
Khiamniungan Naga:
tshìekǜlǖkàu
— cardinal number
Classical Nahuatl:
caxtōlli onnāhui
— cardinal number
Navajo:
náhástʼéítsʼáadah
— cardinal number
Norman:
dix-neuf
— cardinal number
Norman:
dgiêx-neuf
— cardinal number
Norwegian:
nitten
— cardinal number
Occitan:
dètz-e-nòu
— cardinal number
Odia:
ଉଣେଇଶ
(uṇeiśa)
— cardinal number
Ojibwe:
ashi-zhaangaswi
— cardinal number
Old Church Slavonic:
девѧть на десѧте
(devętĭ na desęte)
— cardinal number
Pennsylvania German:
neinzeh
— cardinal number
Persian:
نوزده
(nuzdah)
— cardinal number
Piedmontese:
disneuv
— cardinal number
Polish:
dziewiętnaście
— cardinal number
Polish:
dziewiętnaścioro
— cardinal number
Brazilian Portuguese:
dezenove
— cardinal number
European Portuguese:
dezanove
— cardinal number
Punjabi:
ਉੱਨੀ
(unnī)
— cardinal number
Quechua:
chunka isqunniyuq
— cardinal number
Réunion Creole French:
diznèf
— cardinal number
Romagnol:
znov
— cardinal number
Kalo Finnish Romani:
deȟ-o-enja
— cardinal number
Romanian:
nouăsprezece
— cardinal number
Romanian:
nouășpe
— cardinal number
Romansh:
deschnov
— cardinal number
Russian:
девятна́дцать
(devjatnádcatʹ)
— cardinal number
Inari-Sami:
oovcenubáloh
— cardinal number
Northern Sami:
ovccinuppelohkái
— cardinal number
Skolt-Sami:
åcmlo
— cardinal number
Samoan:
sefulu iva
— cardinal number
Sanskrit:
ऊनविंशति
(ūnaviṃśati)
— cardinal number
Sanskrit:
नवदश
(návadaśa)
— cardinal number
Santali:
ᱜᱮᱞ ᱟᱨᱮ
— cardinal number
Scottish Gaelic:
naoi-deug
— cardinal number
Scottish Gaelic:
naodh-deug
— cardinal number
Serbo-Croatian:
деветнаест
— cardinal number
Serbo-Croatian:
devetnaest
— cardinal number
Shan:
သိပ်းၵဝ်ႈ
(síp kāo)
— cardinal number
Sikkimese:
བཅུ་དགུ
(bcu dgu)
— cardinal number
Sinhalese:
දහනවය
(dahanawaya)
— cardinal number
Slovak:
devätnásť
— cardinal number
Slovene:
devetnajst
— cardinal number
Lower Sorbian:
źewjeśnasćo
— cardinal number
Upper Sorbian:
dźewjatnaće
— cardinal number
Spanish:
diecinueve
— cardinal number
Swahili:
kumi na tisa
— cardinal number
Swedish:
nitton
— cardinal number
Tagalog:
labinsiyam
— cardinal number
Tahitian:
hō'ē 'ahuru ma iva
— cardinal number
Tajik:
нуздаҳ
(nuzdah)
— cardinal number
Tatar:
унтугыз
(untuğız)
— cardinal number
Telugu:
పంతొమ్మిది
(pantommidi)
— cardinal number
Thai:
สิบเก้า
(sìp-gâao)
— cardinal number
Tibetan:
བཅུ་དགུ
(bcu dgu)
— cardinal number
Tigre:
ዐስር ወስዕ
(ʿäsr wäsʿ)
— cardinal number
Tigrinya:
ዓሰርተ ትሽዓተ
(ʿasärtä təšʿatä)
— cardinal number
Tok Pisin:
naintin
— cardinal number
Tok Pisin:
wanpela ten nain
— cardinal number
Tongan:
hongofulu mā hiva
— cardinal number
Turkish:
on dokuz
— cardinal number
Turkmen:
on dokuz
— cardinal number
Ukrainian:
дев’ятна́дцять
(devʺjatnádcjatʹ)
— cardinal number