different between eighteen vs nineteen

English

Alternative forms

• Arabic numerals: 18. Roman symbols: XVIII

Etymology

From Middle English ei?tetene, ei?tene, ehtetene, from Old English eahtat?ene, eahtat?ne, from Proto-Germanic *aht?utehun. Cognate with West Frisian achttjin, Dutch achttien, German achtzehn, Danish atten.

Pronunciation

• (next word stressed near the first syllable)

  (General American) IPA^(key): /?e?(t).tin/

  (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?e?.ti?n/

• (next word stressed after the first syllable)

  (General American) IPA^(key): /?e?(t)?tin/

  (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?e??ti?n/

• Rhymes: -i?n

Numeral

eighteen

1. The cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.

Related terms

• Ordinal: eighteenth

Translations

See also

• Last: seventeen. Next: nineteen

English

Alternative forms

• Arabic numerals: 19. Roman symbols: XIX

Etymology

From Middle English nynetene, nintene, from Old English ni?ont?ene, ni?ont?ne, from Proto-Germanic *newuntehun. Cognate with Dutch negentien, Low German negenteihn, Hunsrik neinzen, German neunzehn, Danish nitten.

Pronunciation

• (next word stressed near the first syllable)
  • (General American) enPR: n?n?t?n', IPA^(key): /?na?n?tin/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?na?nti?n/
• (next word stressed after the first syllable)
  • (General American) enPR: n?n't?n?, IPA^(key): /?na?n?tin/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /na?n?ti?n/
  • Rhymes: -i?n

Numeral

nineteen

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".

Derived terms

• (ordinal): nineteenth

Related terms

• (adj. of the number 19 or a 19-year period): decennoval

Translations

See also

• Last: eighteen. Next: twenty