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Revision as of 06:32, 4 July 2023

See also: Twenty

English

English numbers (edit)
200
 ←  10  ←  19 20 21  →  30  → 
2
    Cardinal: twenty
    Ordinal: twentieth
    Adverbial: twenty times
    Multiplier: twentyfold
    Group collective: score
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Alternative forms

  • Arabic numerals: 20 (see for numerical forms in other scripts)
  • Roman numerals: XX

Etymology

From Middle English twenty, twenti, from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "Latinx" is not valid. See WT:LOS., 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.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈtwɛnti/, [ˈtw̥ɛ̃nti]
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: twĕnʹtē, IPA(key): /ˈtwɛnti/, [ˈtw̥ɛɾ̃i], /ˈtwɛni/, [ˈtw̥ɛ̃ɾ̃i]
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "parts of the US and Canada" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈtwʌn(t)i/, /ˈtwʊn(t)i/
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnti, -ʌnti

Numeral

twenty

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Tok Pisin: twenti

Translations

Noun

twenty (plural twenties)

  1. (colloquial) A banknote with a denomination of 20.
    The waiter’s face lit up when I gave him a twenty.
    • 2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      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.
  2. (CB slang) 10-20 (location).
    What’s your twenty, good buddy?
  3. (UK, historical, military) An old English division of infantry.

Translations

Middle English

Middle English numbers (edit)
 ←  10  ←  19 20 30  → 
2[a], [b]
    Cardinal: twenty
    Ordinal: twentithe

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English twēntiġ, from Proto-Germanic *twai tigiwiz; equivalent to twei +‎ -ty.

Numeral

twenty

  1. twenty
    • c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 23-24:
      At nyght was come into that hostelrye
      Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignye
      There came at nightfall to that hostelry
      Some nine and twenty in a company

Descendants

References

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