twenty-three
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twenty-three¹
- /ˈtwɛntiˈθɹiː/
Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
From Middle English twenty-thre, twenti-thre, twenti-thrie, twenty-thrie, ultimately derived from Old English þrēo and twēntiġ (“twenty-three”, literally “three and twenty”); see also three-and-twenty. The reason for the numerical swap across the spellings for all English numbers is unknown, but it may have been influenced by the Old French system, i.e. see vint trois (literally “twenty three”). By surface analysis, twenty (“the cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one”) + three (“the cardinal number 3, occurring after two and before four”).
number twenty three · twenti-thre · 23 · XXIII · xxiii
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The cardinal number immediately following twenty-two and preceding twenty-four; 23.
Reſolved, &c. That this Houſe doth accept of the Sum of One hundred Twenty-three Pounds of James Whitewick, of Coventry in the County of Warwick, Gentleman; his Delinguency being, That he went and reſided in the Gariſons held againſt the Parliament: Submitted before December 1645: His Eſtate, per An
Similar: three-and-twenty
twenty-three²
- /ˈtwɛntiˈθɹiː/
Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
Uncertain. First attested 17 March 1899.
interjection
- Get lost; get out: leave.
Translations
Every language
num twenty-three
| Español | veintitrés |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 스물셋 seumulset, 이십삼 isipsam |
| 日本語 | 二十三 nijūsan |
| 中文 | 二十三 èrshísān |
| हिन्दी | तेईस teīs |
| Kiswahili | ishirini na tatu |
| Português | vinte e três |
| Français | vingt-trois |
| Deutsch | dreiundzwanzig |
| Italiano | ventitré |
| Ελληνικά | είκοσι τρείς eíkosi treís |
| Română | douăzeci și trei |
| Русский | два́дцать три dvádcatʹ tri |
| العربية | ثَلَاثَة وَعِشْرُون ṯalāṯa wa-ʕišrūn |
| עברית | עשרים־ושלשה esrím və-shloshá |
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