FluentPlex

nineteenth

/ˌnaɪnˈtiːnθ/ adjective A2
  1. The ordinal form of the number nineteen.
+ Save to review

From the library

“Sir,” said he, “you are aware that Valentine is about to enter her nineteenth year, which renders it important that she should lose no time in forming a suitable alliance.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 610 · C1
That any civilized human being in this nineteenth century should not be aware that the earth travelled round the sun appeared to be to me such an extraordinary fact that I could hardly realize it.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 13 · B2
Until the late nineteenth century, time in North America was a strictly local affair.
The Day the Clocks Changed, p. 1 · C2
Before the nineteenth century ended, a coast-to-coast trip took several exhausting months.
The Railroad Across America, p. 1 · B2

Other matches

Learn nineteenth in real texts

With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.

Create free account
Words, meanings, pronunciations and translations from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.