different between nineteen vs seventeen

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

English

Alternative forms

• (Arabic numerals): 17
• (Roman numerals): XVII
• (Exmoor dial.): zewnteen

Etymology

From Middle English seventene, from Old English seofont?ene, from Proto-Germanic *sebuntehun. Cognate with Dutch zeventien, West Frisian santjin, German siebzehn, Danish sytten.

Pronunciation

• (next word stressed near the first syllable)

  (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?s?v.?n.ti?n/

• (next word stressed after the first syllable)

  (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?s?v.?n?ti?n/

• Rhymes: -i?n

Numeral

seventeen

1. The cardinal number occurring after sixteen and before eighteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVII and in Arabic numerals as 17.

Derived terms

• Ordinal: seventeenth

Translations

Derived terms

• seventeenth

See also

• Last: sixteen. Next: eighteen

Middle English

Numeral

seventeen

1. Alternative form of seventene