vingt
See also: vîngt
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ɪŋt
VerbEdit
vingt
FrenchEdit
| 200[a], [b] | ||||
| ← 10 | ← 19 | 20 | 21 → [a], [b] | 30 → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | ||||
| Cardinal: vingt Ordinal: vingtième Ordinal abbreviation: 20e, (now nonstandard) 20ème | ||||
| French Wikipedia article on 20 | ||||
EtymologyEdit
From Middle French vingt, from Old French vint, from Latin vīgintī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti, *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti. The Latin -g- was regularly lost in Old French, but was added back to the spelling in Middle French (now placed after the -n- in order to maintain the pronunciation).
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /vɛ̃/, (in liaison) /vɛ̃.t‿/
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- IPA(key): /vɛ̃t/ (see usage note below)
- Rhymes: -ɛ̃, -ɛ̃t
- Homophones: vain, vainc, vaincs, vains, vin, vingts, vins, vint, vînt
NumeralEdit
vingt (invariable)
Usage notesEdit
- Apart from liaison contexts, the final -t is pronounced in the compound numbers 21 to 29: vingt-cinq /vɛ̃t.sɛ̃k/.
- A minority of speakers also pronounce the -t in isolation (il y en a vingt). This is commonest in Switzerland, Belgium, and adjacent regions of eastern France. Some of these speakers pronounce the -t even before a consonant (vingt fois).
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “vingt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
NormanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- vîngt (Jersey)
EtymologyEdit
From Old French vint, from Latin vīgintī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti < *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti.
NumeralEdit
vingt