twenty

Signification (Anglais)

Num

The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.

Noun

1. (in-plural) The numbers twenty (20) to twenty-nine (29).
2. (colloquial) A banknote with a denomination of 20.
3. 10-20 (location).
4. (UK, historical) An old English division of infantry.

Concepts

vingt

20

IIème

Synonymes

score

20

twentieth

20th

twenty dollar bill

xx

XX

units

many

scope

lots of

Traductions

veinte

20

zwanzig

20

venti

20

twintig

20

vinte

20

είκοσι

viginti

20

vint

20

yirmi

20

bîst

20

عشرين

عشرون

20

vint

vīgintī

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈtwɛnti/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: twenty

Hérité de ancien anglais: twēntiġ

Appartenant à écossais: twenty

Appartenant à frison occidental: tweintich

Appartenant à néerlandais: twintig

Appartenant à allemand: zwanzig

Appartenant à danois: tyve

In summary

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.

Phrases

I found a little crowd of about twenty people surrounding the huge hole .

J'ai trouvé une petite foule d'une vingtaine de personnes entourant l'énorme trou.

He wrote twenty other assorted printed works .