twentieth en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /-ɪθ/ (Received-Pronunciation, dated)
- [ˈtw̥ɛ.ɾ̃i.əθ] (General-American)
- /ˈtwɛn.ti.əθ/ (General-American)
- /ˈtwɛn.i.əθ/ (General-American)
- [ˈtw̥ɛ̃n.ti.əθ] (Received-Pronunciation)
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- /ˈtwɛn.ti.əθ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈtw̥ɛ̃ɾ̃.i.əθ] (General-American)
Etymology
From earlier twenteth, twentith, from Middle English twentithe, twentiþe, from Old English twēntigoþa. Equivalent to twenty + -eth. Etymological notes twentith, twenteth is the expected development from Middle English twentithe, but in time, the opaque twent- was replaced by a more transparent twenty-, resulting in modern twentieth (in the speech varieties this occurred in, the weak vowel in the final syllable of twenteth, twentith was clearly distinct from that in twenty); similar processes explain the modern pronunciation of thirtieth, fourtieth, etc. This analogy was assisted by synizetic pronunciations of words such as carrying, which allowed twenteth, twentith to be interpreted as contractions of twentieth.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) The ordinal form of the number twenty.
But in fact the antinomy of exceptionalism and assimilationism has been there all along, and otherwise puzzling decisions from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries become readily understandable when seen as moments when assimilationism was ascendant.
2024 September 30, Michael Doran, “EXCEPTIONALISM AND ASSIMILATIONISM IN FEDERAL INDIAN LAW”, in Stanford Law School, volume 20, number 2, page 268, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2025:“A shift from jus soli to jus sanguinis has been witnessed in Asia in the course of the twentieth century,” wrote Olivier Vonk at the Maastricht Centre in a 2017 paper.
2021 March 15, Jessie Yeung, “These Asian countries are giving dual citizens an ultimatum on nationality – and loyalty”, in CNN, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023:The novel he lends his name to is an account of that life, taking more or less the form of a memoir set down in the years immediately after World War II by an old man mentally preparing for death, not quite at home in the twentieth century (and a little proud of it, stubbornly clinging to his eartrumpet), whose significant memories reach back to the early 1890s and beyond.
2000, Bill Manhire, Doubtful Sounds: Essays and Interviews, page 124:As with most twentieth-century Chinese writers, little is known of Ts’ao Yü’s life. Though his ancestral home was Ch’ien-chiang 潛江, Hupei province, he himself was probably born in Tientsin in either 1909 or 1910.
1980, Christopher C. Rand, “Introduction”, in The Wilderness (Yüan-yeh) 原野, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page viii:
Deriveds
twentiethly · mid-twentieth · short twentieth century
Relateds
XX (in names of monarchs and popes) · 20th
Translations (94)
hy քսաներորդ (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · es vigésimo (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · gd ficheadamh (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · az iyirminci (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · fa بیستم (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · cmn 第二十 (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · es vicésimo (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · kl tyviat (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · et kahekümnes (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · es veintésimo (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · mk два́есетти (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · tg бистум (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · no tjuende (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · eu hogeigarren (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · ka მეოცე (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · th ที่ยี่สิบ (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · cs dvacátý (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · lb zwanzegst (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · es veinteno (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · fi kahdeskymmenes (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · fr vingt (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · af twintigste (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · alt јирмезинчи (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · nv naadíín góneʼ (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · crh yigirminci (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · te ఇరవయ్యో (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · oc vinten (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · ms kedua puluh (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · uz yigirmanchi (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · kjh чибіргінӌі (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · grc εἰκοστός (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · ia vigesime (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · mnc ᠣᡵᡳᠴᡳ (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · ky жыйырманчы (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · el εικοστός (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · it ventesimo (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · id keduapuluh (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · gv feedoo (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · sw ishirini (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · sl dvajseti (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · ga fichiú (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · hu huszadik (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · tt егерменче (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · da tyvende (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · fr vingtième (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · ja 第二十 (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · ml ഇരുപതാമത്തെ (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · be двацца́ты (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · pt vigésimo (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · ca vigèsim (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · enm twentithe (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · bua хоридохи (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · lt dvidešimtas (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · vi thứ hai mươi (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · is tuttugasta (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · pl dwudziesty (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · sv tjugonde (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · fro vintisme (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · fo tjúgundi (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · it ventesima (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · ru двадца́тый (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · ht ventyèm (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · ml ഇരുപതാം (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · it ventesimo (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · ny chamakumi awiri (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · sk dvadsiaty (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · hi बीसवाँ (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · ia vintesime (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · sh dvadeseti (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · de zwanzigste (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · sq njëzetë (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · tr yirminci (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · kk жиырмасыншы (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · ro douăzecilea (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · eo dudeka (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · ko 스무째 (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · la vīcēsimus (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · izh kakskymmenäs (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · ee blaevelia (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · lkt iwikcemna nuŋpa (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · bn বিংশ (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · nl twintigste (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · cjs чегирбенчи (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · lv divdesmitais (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · ang twēntigoþa (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · rsk двацети (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · bg двадесети (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · yi צוואַנציקסט (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · se guoktelogát (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · uk двадця́тий (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · tl ikadalawampu (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · ta இருபதாவது (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · ca vintè (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th) · ta இருபதாம் (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)