twenty
/ˈtwɛnti//ˈtwɛnti/ [-ɛɾ̃i]
twenty numeral: the cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.
Numeral
twenty
- The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.
- Synonyms:
- onescore
Noun
twenty (plural twenties)
- The numbers twenty (20) to twenty-nine (29).
- She looks like she's in her early twenties, perhaps 21 or 22 years old?
- A banknote with a denomination of 20.
- The waiter’s face lit up when I gave him a twenty.
- Of course I can do them just the same as the others—technically there's nothing whatever against it. Only no one ever heard of soft flims for anything like that—only for fives or tens or at the most a twenty.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London
- 10-20 (location).
- What’s your twenty, good buddy?
- What's your twenty?
Where's your brain?
Checking in to check you out
Concerned about your whereabouts2012, Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal, Gwen Stefani, 0:54 from the start, in Settle Down (music video), No Doubt (actor), Vevo
- An old English division of infantry.
Proper noun capitalized: Twenty
Twenty
- A hamlet in Bourne parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1520).
twenty meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
twenty in Hindi
- cardinal number
- बीस bīs, २०, वीह vīh, बीह bīh, कोड़ी koṛī
- a banknote with a denomination of 20
- कोड़ी koṛī
twenty in Tamil
- cardinal number
- இருபது irupatu
twenty in Marathi
- twenty
- वीस vīs
twenty in Urdu
- cardinal number
- بیس bīs, ۲۰
More languagesFewer languages
- twenty in Bengali
- বিশ biś, কুড়ি kuṛi
- twenty in Telugu
- ఇరవై iravai
- twenty in Malayalam
- ഇരുപത് irupatŭ
- twenty in Kannada
- ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತು ippattu
- twenty in Punjabi
- ਵੀਹ vīh
- twenty in Gujarati
- વીસ vīs
- twenty in Odia
- କୋଡ଼ିଏ koṛie
- twenty in Sanskrit
- विंशति viṃśatí
- twenty in Sinhala
- විස්ස wissa
- twenty in Assamese
- বিছ bis
- twenty in Nepali
- बीस bīs
- twenty in Pashto
- شل šël
- twenty in Tagalog
- dalawampu, beynte, bente
- twenty in Arabic
- عِشْرُونَ ʕišrūna
- twenty in Malay
- dua puluh, likur
- twenty in Indonesian
- dua puluh
- twenty in Persian
- بیست bist, ۲۰
- twenty in Thai
- ยี่สิบ yîi-sìp
- twenty in Vietnamese
- hai mươi
- twenty in Myanmar
- နှစ်ဆယ် hnachcai
- Dhivehi
- ވިހި vihi
- Dzongkha
- ཉི་ཤུ nyi shu
Examples of twenty in a sentence
- I haven’t been back home across the pond in twenty years.
- That horse is twenty-to-one on, so you need to stake twenty pounds just to win one pound.
- It took the absent-minded man twenty minutes to find his glasses on top of his head.
Synonyms of twenty
Forms of twenty
| Numeral | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | 20 |
| alternative form | XX |
| Noun | |
| plural | twenties |
Origin of twenty
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.
Apparently named after the Twenty Foot Drain, which no longer exists.
Words formed from twenty
- five-and-twenty
- five-twenties
- four-and-twenty
- four and twenty
- four twenty
- four-twenty
- I am twenty years old
- I'm twenty years old
- one-and-twenty
- ten will get you twenty
- tween
- twenteen
- twenties
- twentieth
- Twenty20
- T20
- twenty bucks is twenty bucks
- twenty dollars is twenty dollars
- twenty-eight
- twenty-eighth
- twenty-eleven
- twenty-fifth
- twenty-first
- twenty-five
- twentyfold
- twenty-foot equivalent unit
- Twenty Forests
- twenty-four
- twenty-fourth
- twenty hundred
- twentyish
- Twentyman
- twenty-minute egg
- twenty-nail dystrophy
- twentyness
- twenty-nine
- twenty-ninth
- twentyodd
- twenty-one
- twentypence
- twentypenny
- twenty questions
- twenty-second
- twenty-seven
- twenty-seventh
- twenty-six
- twenty-sixth
- twenty-some
- twentysomething
- twenty-something
- twenty-third
- twenty-three
- twenty to the dozen
- twenty-twenty
- twenty-twenty hindsight
- twenty-two
- twenty whole dollars
- twenty winks
- two-and-twenty
Phrases with twenty
Words that rhyme with twenty
Questions about twenty
- What does twenty mean?
- Twenty means the cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.
- What is twenty in Hindi?
- Twenty in Hindi is बीस (bīs), २०, वीह (vīh). See Twenty meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is twenty?
- Twenty can be a numeral, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce twenty?
- Twenty is pronounced /ˈtwɛnti/ (UK).
Words near twenty in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: twenty (page history and authors); Twenty (page history and authors); वीस (Marathi) (page history and authors); बीस (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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