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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

  2. 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

Hawaiian Creole

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Etymology

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Derived fromEnglishtwenty.

Numeral

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twenty

  1. twenty(thecardinal number20, occurring afternineteen and beforetwenty-one)
    • 2000, “Jesus Guys 1”, in Joseph Grimes, transl.,Da Jesus Book: Hawaii Pidgin New Testament‎[3], Wycliffe Bible Translators,→ISBN,page312:
      Dat time had like hundredtwenty peopo dat trus Jesus. Dey wen come togedda, an Peter wen stand up fo talk.
      And in those days Peter rose up amongst the brothers, (a crowd of people about one hundred andtwenty in number) and declared…

Middle English

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Middle English numbers(edit)
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2[a],[b],[c]
   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(thecardinal number20, occurring afternineteen and beforetwenty-one)
    • 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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References

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Scots

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Numeral

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twenty

  1. alternative form oftwinty
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