twenty-four
Syllables: twen·ty-fourUK/ˌtwɛntiˈfɔː//ˌtwɛntiˈfɔɹ/
twenty-four numeral: the cardinal number immediately following twenty-three and preceding twenty-five.
Numeral
twenty-four
- The cardinal number immediately following twenty-three and preceding twenty-five.
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- Synonyms:
- four and twenty, 24, XXIV
twenty-four meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
twenty-four in Hindi
- cardinal number
- चौबीस caubīs
twenty-four in Tamil
- cardinal number
- இருபத்தி நான்கு irupatti nāṉku
twenty-four in Urdu
- cardinal number
- چوبیس caubīs
twenty-four in Bengali
- cardinal number
- চব্বিশ cobbiś
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- twenty-four in Telugu
- ఇరవై నాలుగు iravai nālugu
- twenty-four in Malayalam
- ഇരുപത്തിനാല് irupattinālŭ
- twenty-four in Kannada
- ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತನಾಲ್ಕು ippattanālku
- twenty-four in Punjabi
- ਚੌਵੀ cauvī
- twenty-four in Gujarati
- ચોવીસ covīs, ચોવીશ covīś
- twenty-four in Odia
- ଚବିଶି cabiśi
- twenty-four in Sanskrit
- चतुर्विंशति caturviṃśati
- twenty-four in Assamese
- চৌবিছ soubis
- twenty-four in Nepali
- चौबीस caubīs
- twenty-four in Tagalog
- beintikuwatro
- twenty-four in Arabic
- أَرْبَعَة وَعِشْرُون ʔarbaʕa wa-ʕišrūn
- twenty-four in Malay
- dua puluh empat, empat likur
- twenty-four in Indonesian
- dua puluh empat
- twenty-four in Persian
- بیست و چهار bist-o-čahâr
- twenty-four in Thai
- ยี่สิบสี่ yîi-sìp-sìi
- twenty-four in Vietnamese
- hai mươi tư
- Dhivehi
- ސައުވީސް sauvīs
Synonyms of twenty-four
- four and twenty
- 24
- XXIV
Forms of twenty-four
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Words formed from twenty-four
Phrases with twenty-four
Words that rhyme with twenty-four
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Questions about twenty-four
- What does twenty-four mean?
- Twenty-four means the cardinal number immediately following twenty-three and preceding twenty-five.
- What is twenty-four in Hindi?
- Twenty-four in Hindi is चौबीस (caubīs). See Twenty-four meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is twenty-four?
- Twenty-four is a numeral.
- How do you pronounce twenty-four?
- Twenty-four is pronounced /ˌtwɛntiˈfɔː/ (UK).
Words near twenty-four in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: twenty-four (page history and authors); ଚବିଶି (Odia) (page history and authors); চৌবিছ (Assamese) (page history and authors); चौबीस (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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