twenty
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twenty¹
- /ˈtwɛnti/ UK
- /ˈtwɛnti/ [-ɛɾ̃i] US
- [-ɛni] US
- /ˈtwɛni/ US
- /ˈtwenti/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈtwɛnte/ Scotland
- /-tɪ/ Scotland
- /-ti/ Scotland
- /ˈtwʌn(t)i/
- /ˈtwʊn(t)i/
- /ˈtweɪnti/ Philippines, colloquial, nonstandard
- /ʈʋɛɳʈi/ South Asia
- /ʈ(ʋ)ɵɳʈi/
Rhymes with -ɛnti, -ʌnti
Where it comes from
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.
number 20 · XX
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The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.
Similar: onescore
noun twenties · 20 · XX
- The numbers twenty (20) to twenty-nine (29). She looks like she's in her early twenties, perhaps 21 or 22 years old?
- A banknote with a denomination of 20. The waiter’s face lit up when I gave him a twenty.
- 10-20 (location). What’s your twenty, good buddy?
- An old English division of infantry.
Twenty²
Where it comes from
Apparently named after the Twenty Foot Drain, which no longer exists.
proper noun
- A hamlet in Bourne parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1520).
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cardinal, score, xx, twelve, twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-sixth, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, twenty-seventh, two, twenty-two, thirty, venti, twenty-one, twenty-five
Translations
Every language
num cardinal number
| Español | veinte |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 스물 seumul, 이십 isip |
| 日本語 | 二十 nijū, 二十 hata, 二十 futaso |
| 中文 | 二十 èrshí, 廿 niàn, 念 niàn |
| हिन्दी | बीस bīs, २०, वीह vīh, बीह bīh, कोड़ी koṛī |
| Kiswahili | ishirini |
| Português | vinte |
| Français | vingt |
| Deutsch | zwanzig |
| Italiano | venti |
| Ελληνικά | είκοσι eíkosi, κ΄ |
| Română | douăzeci |
| Русский | два́дцать dvádcatʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | hai mươi |
| العربية | عِشْرُونَ ʕišrūna |
| עברית | עֶשְׂרִים esrím |
noun a banknote with a denomination of 20
| हिन्दी | कोड़ी koṛī |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | εικοσάρικο eikosáriko, εικοσάρι eikosári |
| Русский | двадцатка dvadcatka |
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title = {twenty},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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