twenty
- cardinal number between 19 and 21
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈtwɛnti/ / /ˈtwɛni/ / /ˈtwenti/
name
Etymology: Apparently named after the Twenty Foot Drain, which no longer exists.
- A hamlet in Bourne parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1520).
noun
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.
- 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.”
“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.”
- 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”
- An old English division of infantry.
num
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.
- The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.