different between nineteen vs teenage

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

Etymology 1

From teen (Kentish variant of tine (“enclose within a wattle fence”)) +? -age (“suffix forming abstract nouns”). First attested circa 1700.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: t?n??j, IPA^(key): /?ti?n?d??/
• Hyphenation: teen?age

Noun

teenage (uncountable)

1. (chiefly Kent dialect) Brushwood for fences and hedges.

Synonyms

• teenet

References

• “?teenage n.¹” defined as a derived term of “teen, v.²”, listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Etymology 2

From -teen +? age. First attested in 1921.

Alternative forms

• teen-age, teen age
• teenaged

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: t?n??j, IPA^(key): /?ti?ne?d??/
• Hyphenation: teen?age

Adjective

teenage (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to an age between thirteen and nineteen years old.

Derived terms

• teenager

Related terms

• teens

Translations