xix

Other forms of xix

plural

xixes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about xix

What does xix mean?

xix means "the cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in xix?

xix has 1 syllable: xix.

What is another word for xix?

Close synonyms include nineteen, 19, nineteen, 19. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is xix a common word?

xix is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.