twenty

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

venti

20

20

sinonimi

score

20

twentieth

20th

twenty dollar bill

xx

XX

units

many

scope

lots of

Traduzioni

vingt

20

veinte

20

zwanzig

20

twintig

20

vinte

20

είκοσι

viginti

20

vint

20

yirmi

20

bîst

20

عشرين

عشرون

20

vint

vīgintī

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈtwɛnti/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: twenty

Ereditato da inglese antico: twēntiġ

Affine scozzese: twenty

Affine frisone occidentale: tweintich

Affine olandese: twintig

Affine tedesco: zwanzig

Affine danese: 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.

Frasi

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

Ho trovato una piccola folla di circa venti persone che circondavano l'enorme buco.

He wrote twenty other assorted printed works .