English Explanatory Dictionary

twenty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

num

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

noun

The numbers twenty (20) to twenty-nine (29).
A banknote with a denomination of 20.
10-20 (location).
An old English division of infantry.

name

A hamlet in Bourne parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1520).

Pronunciation

/ˈtwɛnti/ En-uk-twenty.ogg twĕnʹtē /ˈtwɛni/ En-us-twenty.ogg /ˈtwenti/ /ˈtwɛnte/ /-tɪ/ /-ti/ /ˈtwʌn(t)i/ /ˈtwʊn(t)i/ /ˈtweɪnti/ /ʈʋɛɳʈi/ /ʈ(ʋ)ɵɳʈi/

Word forms

twenty 20 XX twenties

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.

Synonyms

onescore

Derived words

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