Which the Definition/Meaning of twenty in categoryENGLISH - NUMERAL
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TWENTY
* The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.
DERIVED TERMS
* twenties
* twentieth
* twenty past
* twenty to
* twenty to the dozen
* twenty-twenty
RELATED TERMS
* twoty
TRANSLATIONS
twenty
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The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.
Which the Definition/Meaning of twenty in categoryENGLISH - ALTERNATIVE FORMS
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* Arabic numerals: 20 (see for numerical forms in other scripts)
* Roman numerals: XX
Which the Definition/Meaning of twenty in categoryENGLISH - 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-_/_*twai_ (see two) and *_-tigaz_/_*teguz_, 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_.
From Middle English twenty, twenti, from Old English twēntiġ (“twenty”, literally “two tens”), from Proto-Germanic *twaintigiwiz, *twai tigiwiz, an old compound of *twain-/*twai (see two) and *-tigaz/*teguz, 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.
Which the Definition/Meaning of twenty in categoryENGLISH - PRONUNCIATION
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* (UK) enPR: twĕnt’ĭ IPA(key): /ˈtwɛnti/
* (US) IPA(key): /ˈtwɛn(t)i/, /ˈtwʌn(t)i/, /ˈtwʊn(t)i/, [ˈtʍɛɾ̃i], [ˈtʍʌɾ̃i], [ˈtʍʊɾ̃i]
* Rhymes: -ɛnti, -ʌnti
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(UK) enPR:
twĕnt’ĭ IPA(key): /ˈtwɛnti/
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(US) IPA(key): /ˈtwɛn(t)i/, /ˈtwʌn(t)i/, /ˈtwʊn(t)i/, [ˈtʍɛɾ̃i], [ˈtʍʌɾ̃i], [ˈtʍʊɾ̃i]
- Rhymes: -ɛnti, -ʌnti
Which the Definition/Meaning of twenty in categoryENGLISH - NOUN
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