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twenty

Pronunciation: /ˈtwɛnti/

The English word “twenty” has 5 meanings listed here.

numeral

  1. The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.

noun

  1. The numbers twenty (20) to twenty-nine (29).
  2. A banknote with a denomination of 20.
  3. 10-20 (location).
  4. An old English division of infantry.

Etymology

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.

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