twenty

== English == === Alternative forms === Arabic numerals: 20 (see for numerical forms in other scripts) Roman numerals: XX === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtwɛnti/ (General American) enPR: twĕnʹtē, IPA(key): /ˈtwɛnti/, (in fast speech) /ˈtwɛni/ (parts of the US and Canada) IPA(key): /ˈtwʌn(t)i/, /ˈtwʊn(t)i/ (Philippines, nonstandard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈtweɪnti/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ʈʋɛɳʈi/ (rounded, mainly South India) IPA(key): /ʈ(ʋ)ɵɳʈi/ Rhymes: -ɛnti, -ʌnti === Numeral === twenty The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one. Synonym: onescore (rare) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Hawaiian Creole: twenty Tok Pisin: twenti ==== Translations ==== === Noun === twenty (plural twenties) (in the plural) The numbers twenty (20) to twenty-nine (29). (colloquial) A banknote with a denomination of 20. (CB slang) 10-20 (location). (UK, historical, military) An old English division of infantry. ==== Translations ==== == Hawaiian Creole == === Etymology === Derived from English twenty. === Numeral === twenty twenty (the cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one) == Middle English == === Alternative forms === thewenti, thwenti, tuenti, tuentie, tweinti, twenti, twentig, twentie, twenntiȝ, twentti, twinti, twonti, twontie === Etymology === From Old English twēntiġ, from Proto-Germanic *twai tigiwiz; equivalent to twei +‎ -ty. === Numeral === twenty twenty (the cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one) ==== Related terms ==== twentithe ==== Descendants ==== English: twentyHawaiian Creole: twentyTok Pisin: twenti Scots: twinty, twenty, tuenty Yola: dwanty === References === “twentī, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Scots == === Numeral === twenty alternative form of twinty