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twenty

See also: Twenty

English

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English numbers (edit)
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2
    Cardinal: twenty
    Ordinal: twentieth
    Abbreviated ordinal: 20th
    Adverbial: twenty times
    Multiplier: twentyfold
    Germanic collective: score
    Greek collective prefix: icosa-, icosi-
    Latinate collective prefix: viginti-
 
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Alternative forms

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  • Arabic numerals: 20 (see for numerical forms in other scripts)
  • Roman numerals: XX

Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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twenty

  1. The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.
    Synonym: onescore (rare)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Hawaiian Creole: twenty
  • Tok Pisin: twenti

Translations

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Noun

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twenty (plural twenties)

  1. (in the plural) The numbers twenty (20) to twenty-nine (29).
    She looks like she's in her early twenties, perhaps 21 or 22 years old?
  2. (colloquial) A banknote with a denomination of 20.
    The waiter’s face lit up when I gave him a twenty.
    • 2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      The more a shop looks as though it trades in farthings and ha’pennies, the more tenners and twenties you can expect to hand over at the till.
  3. (CB slang) 10-20 (location).
    What’s your twenty, good buddy?
  4. (UK, historical, military) An old English division of infantry.

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Middle English

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    Cardinal: twenty
    Ordinal: twentithe

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English twēntiġ, from Proto-Germanic *twai tigiwiz; equivalent to twei +‎ -ty.

Numeral

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twenty

  1. twenty
    • c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 23–24:
      At nyght was come into that hostelrye
      Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignye
      There came at nightfall to that hostelry
      Some nine and twenty in a company

Descendants

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