twenty-three
Syllables: twen·ty·three/ˈtwɛntiˈθɹiː/
twenty-three numeral: the cardinal number immediately following twenty-two and preceding twenty-four; 23.
Numeral
twenty-three
- The cardinal number immediately following twenty-two and preceding twenty-four; 23.
- Reſolved, &c. That this Houſe doth accept of the Sum of One hundred Twenty-three Pounds of James Whitewick, of Coventry in the County of Warwick, Gentleman; his Delinguency being, That he went and reſided in the Gariſons held againſt the Parliament: Submitted before December 1645: His Eſtate, per...1646 October 27, Journals of the House of Commons, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, page 707
- Admiral Rooke, with twenty-three Men of War, having the Turky Fleet under his Convoy, was attacked off Cape St. Vincent by the whole French Fleet, under the Command of Admiral Tourville; twelve Engliſh and Dutch Men of War, and above four-ſcore Merchant-men, were taken or deſtroyed by the French.1760, A New Geographical and Historical Grammar, 7 edition, W. Johnston, page 311
- Synonyms:
- three-and-twenty
Interjection
twenty-three meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
twenty-three in Hindi
- twenty-three
- तेईस teīs
twenty-three in Urdu
- twenty-three
- تئیس taīs
twenty-three in Bengali
- twenty-three
- তেইশ teiś
twenty-three in Telugu
- twenty-three
- ఇరవై మూడు iravai mūḍu
More languagesFewer languages
- twenty-three in Malayalam
- ഇരുപത്തിമൂന്ന് irupattimūnnŭ
- twenty-three in Kannada
- ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತಮೂರು ippattamūru
- twenty-three in Punjabi
- ਤੇਈ teī
- twenty-three in Gujarati
- ત્રેવીસ trevīs
- twenty-three in Odia
- ତେଇଶି teiśi
- twenty-three in Sanskrit
- त्रयोविंशति trayoviṃśati
- twenty-three in Assamese
- তেইছ teis
- twenty-three in Nepali
- तेईस teīs
- twenty-three in Tagalog
- beintitres
- twenty-three in Arabic
- ثَلَاثَة وَعِشْرُون ṯalāṯa wa-ʕišrūn
- twenty-three in Malay
- dua puluh tiga, dua puluh telu, tiga likur, telu likur
- twenty-three in Indonesian
- dua puluh tiga
- twenty-three in Thai
- ยี่สิบสาม yîi-sìp-sǎam
- Dhivehi
- ތޭވީސް tēvīs
Examples of twenty-three in a sentence
- Avignon was twenty-three kilometres away, on the second-class road N 570.1953, Gratix Dawson, In Pursuit of the Vine, H. Jenkins, page 196:
- Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.2011, Biblica, Holy Bible: New International Version, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, →ISBN, 2 Kings 23:31:
Synonyms of twenty-three
Forms of twenty-three
| alternative form | twenty three |
|---|---|
| alternative Arabic numeral | 23 |
| alternative Roman numeral | XXIII |
| alternative Roman numeral | xxiii |
| alternative form (obsolete) | twenti-thre |
Origin of twenty-three
From Middle English twenty-thre, twenti-thre, twenti-thrie, twenty-thrie, ultimately derived from Old English þrēo and twēntiġ (“twenty-three”, literally “three and twenty”); see also three-and-twenty. The reason for the numerical swap across the spellings for all English numbers is unknown, but it may have been influenced by the Old French system, i.e. see vint trois (literally “twenty three”). By surface analysis, twenty (“the cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one”) + three (“the cardinal number 3, occurring after two and before four”).
Uncertain. First attested 17 March 1899.
Words formed from twenty-three
- twenty-three enigma
- twenty-three-fold
- twenty-three hundred
- twenty-three-year-old
- 23 skidoo
Words that rhyme with twenty-three
Questions about twenty-three
- What does twenty-three mean?
- Twenty-three means the cardinal number immediately following twenty-two and preceding twenty-four; 23.
- What is twenty-three in Hindi?
- Twenty-three in Hindi is तेईस (teīs). See Twenty-three meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use twenty-three in a sentence?
- Avignon was twenty-three kilometres away, on the second-class road N 570.
- What part of speech is twenty-three?
- Twenty-three can be a numeral or an interjection.
- How do you pronounce twenty-three?
- Twenty-three is pronounced /ˈtwɛntiˈθɹiː/.
Words near twenty-three in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: twenty-three (page history and authors); ତେଇଶି (Odia) (page history and authors); তেইছ (Assamese) (page history and authors); तेईस (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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