nineteenth

[ nahyn-teenth ]

adjective
  1. next after the eighteenth; being the ordinal number for 19.

  2. being one of 19 equal parts.

noun
  1. a nineteenth part, especially of one (1/19).

  2. the nineteenth member of a series.

Origin of nineteenth

1
before 900; Middle English nyntenthe (see nineteen, -th2); replacing nientethe,Old English nigonteotha;see nine, tithe

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British Dictionary definitions for nineteenth

nineteenth

/ (ˌnaɪnˈtiːnθ) /


adjective
  1. (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

noun
    • one of 19 approximately equal parts of something

    • (as modifier): a nineteenth part

  1. the fraction that is equal to one divided by 19 (1/19)

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