nineteenths
Saynyn-TEENTHS/ˌnaɪnˈtiːnθs/
- 1Plural of nineteenth.
The recipe scaled oddly, leaving us measuring out awkward nineteenths of a cup.
Three nineteenths is a little less than one sixth.
Note
A plural that almost always counts fractions: four nineteenths, three nineteenths of the total, each one part in nineteen equal shares. The positional noun, for whoever or whatever comes nineteenth, rarely needs a plural, and the adjective never takes one. As a stand-alone amount it is written open (three nineteenths of the rent). Before a noun it is usually hyphenated (a three-nineteenths share).
nineteenths is a form of nineteenth
nineteenth, noun: The person or thing occupying the nineteenth position in a sequence or ranking. Full entry
- Forms
- nineteenthnineteenths plural
- Spelling
- nineteenth → nineteenths: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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