twenty

Meaning

Num

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

Noun

1. (colloquial) A banknote with a denomination of 20.
2. 10-20 (location).
3. An old English division of infantry.

Synonyms

score

20

twentieth

20th

twenty dollar bill

xx

XX

units

many

scope

lots of

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtwɛnti/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: twenty

Inherited from Old English: twēntiġ

Cognate with Scots: twenty

Cognate with Western Frisian: tweintich

Cognate with Dutch: twintig

Cognate with German: zwanzig

Cognate with Danish: 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.

Sentences

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