how to pronounce nineteen

/ˈnaɪnˈtiːn/

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nineteen is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of nineteen in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… in the nineteen forties as japanese …”

meanings of nineteen

numeral:

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".

nineteen frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word nineteen occurs in english on average 3.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.