G20

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of Group of Twenty.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛnti

Proper noun

G20

1. (politics, economics) A group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies: 19 countries plus the European Union.
   • 2009 April 21, George Monbiot, “G20 videos won't change the Met”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     If the police at the G20 protests were pumped-up, testerical, itching for a fight, it was partly because their commanding officers have spent years blurring the distinction between peaceful campaigners and terrorists.

Coordinate terms

• G2
• G5
• G6
• G7
• G7+1
• G77
• G8

 

Translations

group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies

• Arabic: مَجْمُوعَة اَلْعِشْرِين f (majmūʕa(t) al-ʕišrīn), مَجْمُوعَة 20 (majmūʕa(t) 20)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 20國集團／20国集团 (20 guó jítuán), 二十國集團／二十国集团 (èrshí guó jítuán)

• Finnish: G20
• French: Groupe des Vingt f
• Georgian: დიდი ოცეული (didi oceuli)
• German: Gruppe der Zwanzig f
• Japanese: 主要20ヶ国 (しゅよう20かこく, shuyō 20 kakoku), 主要二十ヶ国 (しゅようにじゅうかこく, shuyō nijū kakoku)
• Persian: گروه ۲۰ (goruh-e bist)
• Portuguese: Grupo dos Vinte m
• Russian: Гру́ппа двадцати́ f (Grúppa dvadcatí), Больша́я двадца́тка f (Bolʹšája dvadcátka)
• Spanish: grupo de los veinte m, G20 m