vingt

Concepts

twenty

20

score

units

XX

twenty dollar bill

20th

twenty

twelve

twentieth

20th

xx

Synonyms

douze

12

vingtième

20th

20e

deux dizaines

Translations

zwanzig

20

venti

20

veinte

20

twintig

20

vinte

20

vint

20

viginti

20

είκοσι

bîst

20

yirmi

20

vint

عشرون

20

عشرين

20

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vɛ̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: vingt

Inherited from Old French: vint

Inherited from Latin: vīgintī

In summary

Inherited 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).

Sentences

Il a passé les vingt dernières années dans sa maison dans le Jura français .

He has spent the last twenty years in his house in the French Jura.

Plus de vingt arbustes ont été repérés .

More than twenty shrubs have been spotted.

En tout , vingt et une rames assurent le fonctionnement de la ligne .

In all, twenty-one trains ensure the operation of the line.

Elle travaille pendant plus de vingt ans sur l'Agora d'Athènes.

She worked for more than twenty years on the Agora in Athens.

Bussigny compte près de vingt sociétés sportives .

Bussigny has nearly twenty sports companies.

C'est la Lombardie qui est la région la plus représentée , avec vingt équipes .

Lombardy is the most represented region, with twenty teams.