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twenty en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtwɛnte/ (Scotland)
  • twĕnʹtē (General-American)
  • /ʈʋɛɳʈi/ (South-Asia)
  • /ˈtwɛnti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • [-ɛni] (General-American)
  • /ˈtweɪnti/ (Philippines, colloquial, nonstandard)
  • (UK) audio
  • /ˈtwɛnti/ [-ɛɾ̃i] (General-American)
  • /-tɪ/ (Scotland)
  • /ʈ(ʋ)ɵɳʈi/ rounded, mainly South India
  • /-ti/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈtwɛni/ (General-American)
  • /ˈtwʌn(t)i/ parts of the US and Canada
  • /ˈtwenti/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈtwʊn(t)i/ parts of the US and Canada

Etymology

From Middle English twenty, twenti, from Old English twēntiġ (“twenty”, literally “two tens”), from Proto-Germanic *twaintigiwiz, *twai tigiwiz, an old compound of *twain- (“two”) + *-tigaz (“group of ten”), equivalent to two + -ty, or twain + -ty. Cognate with Scots twenty, tuenty (“twenty”), West Frisian tweintich (“twenty”), Dutch twintig (“twenty”), German zwanzig (“twenty”), Danish tyve.

Meanings

  1. (in-plural) The numbers twenty (20) to twenty-nine (29).
    • She looks like she's in her early twenties, perhaps 21 or 22 years old?
  2. (colloquial) A banknote with a denomination of 20.
    • The more a shop looks as though it trades in farthings and ha’pennies, the more tenners and twenties you can expect to hand over at the till. 2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian:
    • The waiter’s face lit up when I gave him a twenty.
    • Of course I can do them just the same as the others—technically there's nothing whatever against it. Only no one ever heard of soft flims for anything like that—only for fives or tens or at the most a twenty. 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
  3. (qualifier:CB slang) 10-20 (location).
    • What’s your twenty, good buddy?
    • What's your twenty? Where's your brain? Checking in to check you out Concerned about your whereabouts 2012, Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal, Gwen Stefani, 0:54 from the start, in Settle Down (music video), No Doubt (actor), Vevo:
  4. (UK, historical) An old English division of infantry.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
twenties Number=Plur lexicographic
XX alternative lexicographic
20 alternative lexicographic

Translations (16)

nl twintigje (a banknote with a denomination of 20) · bg двайсета́чка (a banknote with a denomination of 20) · zza vistık (a banknote with a denomination of 20) · sv tjuga (a banknote with a denomination of 20) · bg двадесета́чка (a banknote with a denomination of 20) · tr yirmilik (a banknote with a denomination of 20) · el εικοσάρικο (a banknote with a denomination of 20) · cs dvacka (a banknote with a denomination of 20) · fi kaksikymppinen (a banknote with a denomination of 20) · el εικοσάρι (a banknote with a denomination of 20) · hu húszas (a banknote with a denomination of 20) · sv tjugolapp (a banknote with a denomination of 20) · mk дваесетка (a banknote with a denomination of 20) · ru двадцатка (a banknote with a denomination of 20) · hi कोड़ी (a banknote with a denomination of 20) · nv naadiin béeso (a banknote with a denomination of 20)

twenty en · NUM

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtwɛnte/ (Scotland)
  • twĕnʹtē (General-American)
  • /ʈʋɛɳʈi/ (South-Asia)
  • /ˈtwɛnti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • [-ɛni] (General-American)
  • /ˈtweɪnti/ (Philippines, colloquial, nonstandard)
  • (UK) audio
  • /ˈtwɛnti/ [-ɛɾ̃i] (General-American)
  • /-tɪ/ (Scotland)
  • /ʈ(ʋ)ɵɳʈi/ rounded, mainly South India
  • /-ti/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈtwɛni/ (General-American)
  • /ˈtwʌn(t)i/ parts of the US and Canada
  • /ˈtwenti/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈtwʊn(t)i/ parts of the US and Canada

Etymology

From Middle English twenty, twenti, from Old English twēntiġ (“twenty”, literally “two tens”), from Proto-Germanic *twaintigiwiz, *twai tigiwiz, an old compound of *twain- (“two”) + *-tigaz (“group of ten”), equivalent to two + -ty, or twain + -ty. Cognate with Scots twenty, tuenty (“twenty”), West Frisian tweintich (“twenty”), Dutch twintig (“twenty”), German zwanzig (“twenty”), Danish tyve.

Meanings

  1. The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
XX alternative lexicographic
20 alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

four and twenty · twenty-three · Twenty20 · twentypenny · twenty-first · twenty-some · twenty-fourth · two-and-twenty · tween · twenty whole dollars · five-and-twenty · twenty-six · twentysomething · twenty-fifth · twenty-minute egg · I am twenty years old · I'm twenty years old · twentypence · four-twenty · twenty-four · twenty-second · twenty-twenty hindsight · twenty bucks is twenty bucks · twenties · four-and-twenty · one-and-twenty · twenty-eleven · twentyish · twenty-sixth · four twenty · Twenty · Twenty Forests · twenty-nail dystrophy · twenty-twenty · Twentyman · twenty-seventh · T20 · twentyodd · twenty-eighth · twentyness · twenty to the dozen · twenty-nine · twenty-something · twenty hundred · ten will get you twenty · twenty-seven · five-twenties · twentyfold · twenty-ninth · twenty dollars is twenty dollars · twenteen · twenty-third · twenty-eight · twenty-two · twentyman · twenty-five · twenty winks · twenty-foot equivalent unit · twenty questions · twenty-one · twentieth

Descendants

twenty · twenti

Synonyms

onescore

Translations (304)

kjj кьан (cardinal number) · mt għoxrin (cardinal number) · sk dvadsať (cardinal number) · sv tjugo (cardinal number) · fur vincj (cardinal number) · ee blaeve (cardinal number) · rue два́дцять (cardinal number) · km ម្ភៃ (cardinal number) · ro douăzeci (cardinal number) · to uofulu (cardinal number) · ang twentiġ (cardinal number) · zu amashumi amabili (cardinal number) · ko 스물 (cardinal number) · bo ཉི་ཤུ (cardinal number) · xto wiki (cardinal number) · sat ᱤᱥᱤ (cardinal number) · fr vingt (cardinal number) · or କୋଡ଼ିଏ (cardinal number) · rom biś (cardinal number) · nci cempōhualli (cardinal number) · el κ΄ (cardinal number) · bnb duo ngoopod (cardinal number) · haw iwakālua (cardinal number) · tyv чээрби (cardinal number) · cv ҫирӗм (cardinal number) · lld vint (cardinal number) · yai бист (cardinal number) · el είκοσι (cardinal number) · lt dvidešimt (cardinal number) · gsw zwänzg (cardinal number) · nl twintig (cardinal number) · fy tweintich (cardinal number) · lo ຊາວ (cardinal number) · tpw xepoxepy (cardinal number) · bn কুড়ি (cardinal number) · bg два́десет (cardinal number) · fa ۲۰ (cardinal number) · as বিছ (cardinal number) · kix khèi (cardinal number) · nds twintig (cardinal number) · my နှစ်ဆယ် (cardinal number) · bn বিশ (cardinal number) · mi rua tekau (cardinal number) · hu húsz (cardinal number) · rsk двацец (cardinal number) · lv divdesmit (cardinal number) · ems suinaq (cardinal number) · kl marlunnik qulillit (cardinal number) · pdc zwansich (cardinal number) · nan-tws 二十 (cardinal number) · guw Ko (kóo) (cardinal number) · pt vinte (cardinal number) · kxd dua puluh (cardinal number) · hif biis (cardinal number) · khw بیشیر (cardinal number) · vo tels (cardinal number) · rup yinghits (cardinal number) · om digdama (cardinal number) · rut къад (cardinal number) · tl bente (cardinal number) · yue 廿 (cardinal number) · tpi twenti (cardinal number) · gd fichead (cardinal number) · yue 二十 (cardinal number) · fa بیست (cardinal number) · ka ოცი (cardinal number) · smn kyehtlov (cardinal number) · th ยี่สิบ (cardinal number) · la vīgintī (cardinal number) · udi къа (cardinal number) · lkt wikčémna núŋpa (cardinal number) · hop sunat (cardinal number) · mg roapolo (cardinal number) · te ఇరవై (cardinal number) · ca vint (cardinal number) · tk ýigrimi (cardinal number) · it venti (cardinal number) · ja 二十 (cardinal number) · ms dua puluh (cardinal number) · ky жыйырма (cardinal number) · arz عشرين (cardinal number) · ttt bist (cardinal number) · tjl ꩬၢဝ်း (cardinal number) · koi кыкдас (cardinal number) · la viginti (cardinal number) · id dua puluh (cardinal number) · fro vint (cardinal number) · ceb kaluwaan (cardinal number) · lez къад (cardinal number) · txb ikäṃ (cardinal number) · dlm venč (cardinal number) · phk ꩬ︀ွ် (cardinal number) · su likur (cardinal number) · pap binti (cardinal number) · eo dudek (cardinal number) · uk два́дцять (cardinal number) · eu hogei (cardinal number) · cu дъва дєсѧти (cardinal number) · no tjue (cardinal number) · aqc къа (cardinal number) · rmf biȟ (cardinal number) · cic pokoli toklo (cardinal number) · ksw ခံဆံ (cardinal number) · ur ۲۰ (cardinal number) · hi बीह (cardinal number) · sh dvádeset (cardinal number) · ty piti 'ahuru (cardinal number) · ja 二十 (cardinal number) · bo ཉི་ཤུ་ཐམ་པ (cardinal number) · ceb kaluhaan (cardinal number) · az iyirmi (cardinal number) · mi tekau (cardinal number) · its ogun (cardinal number) · zza vist (diq) (cardinal number) · za ngeih cib (cardinal number) · tli tleikháa (cardinal number) · fur vinčh (cardinal number) · ia viginti (cardinal number) · unm nishinxke (cardinal number) · wo ñaar fukk (cardinal number) · kmr bîst (cardinal number) · ga fiche (cardinal number) · bua хорин (cardinal number) · shn သၢဝ်း (cardinal number) · sat ᱵᱟᱨ ᱜᱮᱞ (cardinal number) · no tyve (cardinal number) · sc vinti (cardinal number) · pl dwadzieścia (cardinal number) · ast venti (cardinal number) · krc джыйырма (cardinal number) · chk rue (cardinal number) · igl ógwú (cardinal number) · crh yigirmi (cardinal number) · ba егерме (cardinal number) · kls bíši (cardinal number) · et kakskümmend (cardinal number) · kim иъһён (cardinal number) · ug жигирмә (cardinal number) · hi वीह (cardinal number) · ja 二十 (cardinal number) · dsb dwaźasća (cardinal number) · hsb dwaceći (cardinal number) · so labaatan (cardinal number) · fo tjúgu (cardinal number) · mfe vin (cardinal number) · tab къаб (cardinal number) · am ሐያ (cardinal number) · af twintig (cardinal number) · sms kuâhttlo (cardinal number) · hak 二十 (cardinal number) · tn somamabedi (cardinal number) · kl inuk naallugu (cardinal number) · cs dvacet (cardinal number) · wbl bist (cardinal number) · ae 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (cardinal number) · ulb ọgbọ (cardinal number) · grc κ΄ (cardinal number) · cmn 二十 (cardinal number) · aho 𑜏𑜧 (cardinal number) · ain ホッ (cardinal number) · tt егерме (cardinal number) · lad ב׳ינטי (cardinal number) · quc juwinaq (cardinal number) · gil houanpoui (cardinal number) · tly vist (cardinal number) · inh ткъо (cardinal number) · ceb kawhaan (cardinal number) · dar гъал (cardinal number) · wa vint (cardinal number) · ia vinti (cardinal number) · av къого (cardinal number) · hwc twenty (cardinal number) · grc εἴκοσι (cardinal number) · sou หยีบ (cardinal number) · osp veynte (cardinal number) · jje 스물 (cardinal number) · gv feed (cardinal number) · aio ꩬ︀ွ် (cardinal number) · pl dwadzieścioro (cardinal number) · sip ཉི་ཤུ (cardinal number) · mnw ၜါစှော် (cardinal number) · yi צוואַנציק (cardinal number) · udm кызь (cardinal number) · ug يىگىرمە (cardinal number) · yo ogún (cardinal number) · ti ዕስራ (cardinal number) · alt јирме (cardinal number) · mi hokotahi (cardinal number) · cmn 念 (cardinal number) · khb ᦌᦱᧁ (cardinal number) · pa ਵੀਹ (cardinal number) · arc ܥܣܪܝܢ (cardinal number) · kk жиырма (cardinal number) · ru два́дцать (cardinal number) · zdj ishirini (cardinal number) · yrl irundí-pú (cardinal number) · tl dalawampu (cardinal number) · sw ishirini (cardinal number) · scn vinti (cardinal number) · lbe кьува (cardinal number) · ny makumi awiri (cardinal number) · sa विंशति (cardinal number) · gu વીસ (cardinal number) · kn ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತು (cardinal number) · jje 이십 (cardinal number) · tet ruanulu (cardinal number) · qu iskay chunka (cardinal number) · dz ཉི་ཤུ (cardinal number) · ps شل (cardinal number) · cy dau ddeg (cardinal number) · wuu 廿 (cardinal number) · sah сүүрбэ (cardinal number) · lad vente (cardinal number) · bcl duwampulo (cardinal number) · tr yirmi (cardinal number) · rcf vin (cardinal number) · rgn vènt (cardinal number) · xal хөрн (cardinal number) · gur pisyi (cardinal number) · tl beynte (cardinal number) · mn хорь (cardinal number) · syl ꠛꠤꠡ (cardinal number) · io duadek (cardinal number) · nod ᨪᩣ᩠ᩅ (cardinal number) · sou หยีซิบ (cardinal number) · ht ven (cardinal number) · ko 이십 (cardinal number) · de zwanzig (cardinal number) · jje 스무 (cardinal number) · rm ventg (cardinal number) · he עֶשְׂרִים (cardinal number) · cab wein (cardinal number) · vec vinti (cardinal number) · hi कोड़ी (cardinal number) · mnc ᠣᡵᡳᠨ (cardinal number) · liv kakškimdõ (cardinal number) · os ссӕдз (cardinal number) · se guoktelogi (cardinal number) · tzm ⴰⴳⵏⴰⵔ (cardinal number) · sh два́десет (cardinal number) · mi rua ngahuru (cardinal number) · arc סרין (cardinal number) · tdd ᥔᥣᥝᥰ (cardinal number) · bg два́йсет (cardinal number) · be два́ццаць (cardinal number) · da tyve (cardinal number) · oaa хори (cardinal number) · cy ugain (cardinal number) · tpi tupela ten (cardinal number) · hy քսան (cardinal number) · es veinte (cardinal number) · fi kaksikymmentä (cardinal number) · nan-hbl 二十 (cardinal number) · tg бист (cardinal number) · esu yuinaq (cardinal number) · sq njëzet (cardinal number) · mkj rieijek (cardinal number) · nrf vîngt (cardinal number) · ar عِشْرُونَ (cardinal number) · oc vint (cardinal number) · mk два́есет (cardinal number) · tig ዕስራ (cardinal number) · kw ugens (cardinal number) · ha àshìrin (cardinal number) · skb ซ๊าว (cardinal number) · oj niishtana (cardinal number) · ckb بیست (cardinal number) · is tuttugu (cardinal number) · vo teldeg (cardinal number) · kg makumole (cardinal number) · yua junkʼáal (cardinal number) · hi बीस (cardinal number) · sma göökteluhkie (cardinal number) · ta இருபது (cardinal number) · fj ruasagavulu (cardinal number) · uz yigirma (cardinal number) · ur بیس (cardinal number) · sm luasefulu (cardinal number) · tts ซาว (cardinal number) · vi hai mươi (cardinal number) · am ሃያ (cardinal number) · ml ഇരുപത് (cardinal number) · kjh чибiрге (cardinal number) · br ugent (cardinal number) · si විස්ස (cardinal number) · hi २० (cardinal number) · dv ވިހި (cardinal number) · lou vin (cardinal number) · da toti (cardinal number) · nv naadiin (cardinal number) · got 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 (cardinal number) · sc binti (cardinal number) · ms likur (cardinal number) · chr ᏔᎵᏍᎪᎯ (cardinal number) · cmn 廿 (cardinal number) · ce ткъа (cardinal number) · na anarama (cardinal number) · sco twinty (cardinal number) · gl vinte (cardinal number) · ay pä tunka (cardinal number) · izh kakskymment (cardinal number) · ife ogú (cardinal number) · sl dvajset (cardinal number) · tfn tut qeluzhun (cardinal number)