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.

nineteenth

/ ˌnaɪnˈtiːnθ /

adjective

1. usually prenominal
   1. coming after the eighteenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc, being the ordinal number of nineteen. Often written: 19th
   2. ( as noun )

      the nineteenth was rainy

noun

1. 1. one of 19 approximately equal parts of something
   2. ( as modifier )

      a nineteenth part

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of nineteenth¹

before 900; Middle English nyntenthe ( nineteen, -th ² ); replacing nientethe, Old English nigonteotha; nine, tithe

Example Sentences

Air pollution was at toxic levels in nineteenth century London when James Parkinson, whose 269th birthday is celebrated today, first described the condition.

From Science Daily

Indiana, the nineteenth state, is admitted as a free state.

From Literature

There are also historic examples of space weather interfering with railway signalling as far back as the nineteenth century.

From Science Daily

At the dawn of the nineteenth century, Gabriel Prosser and hundreds of enslaved people in Virginia planned a revolt.

From Salon

In the nineteenth century, Louis Pasteur’s germ theory also further shored up medical support for shaving: Facial hair, doctors warned, was a microbe haven.

From National Geographic