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See also:Twenty

English

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English numbers(edit)
200
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2
   Cardinal:twenty
   Ordinal:twentieth
   Abbreviated ordinal:20th
   Adverbial:twentytimes
   Multiplier:twentyfold
   Germanic collective:score
   Greek collective prefix:icosa-,icosi-
   Latinate collective prefix:viginti-
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Alternative forms

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  • Arabic numerals:20(see for numerical forms in other scripts)
  • Roman numerals:XX

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishtwenty,twenti, fromOld Englishtwēntiġ(“twenty”, literally“two tens”), fromProto-Germanic*twaintigiwiz,*twai tigiwiz, an old compound of*twain-(“two”) +‎*-tigaz(“group of ten”), equivalent totwo +-ty, ortwain +-ty. Cognate withScotstwenty,tuenty(“twenty”),West Frisiantweintich(“twenty”),Dutchtwintig(“twenty”),Germanzwanzig(“twenty”),Danishtyve.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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twenty

  1. Thecardinal number20, occurring afternineteen and beforetwenty-one.
    Synonym:onescore(rare)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Translations

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cardinal number

Noun

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twenty (pluraltwenties)

  1. (in theplural) The numbers twenty (20) totwenty-nine (29).
    She looks like she's in her earlytwenties, perhaps 21 or 22 years old?
  2. (colloquial) Abanknote with a denomination of 20.
    The waiter’s face lit up when I gave him atwenty.
    • 2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:
      The more a shop looks as though it trades in farthings and ha’pennies, the more tenners andtwenties you can expect to hand over at the till.
  3. (CB slang)10-20 (location).
    What’s yourtwenty, good buddy?
  4. (UK, historical, military) An oldEnglishdivision ofinfantry.

Translations

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a banknote with a denomination of 20
CB slang: location

Middle English

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Middle English numbers(edit)
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2[a],[b]
   Cardinal:twenty
   Ordinal:twentithe

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromOld Englishtwēntiġ, fromProto-Germanic*twai tigiwiz; equivalent totwei +‎-ty.

Numeral

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twenty

  1. twenty
    • c.1400,Geoffrey Chaucer,The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines23–24:
      At nyght was come into that hostelrye
      Wel nyne andtwenty in a compaignye
      There came at nightfall to that hostelry
      Some nine andtwenty in a company

Descendants

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