vigesimal

== English == === Etymology === From Latin vīgēsimus (“twentieth”), variant of Latin vīcēsimus (“twentieth”), from Latin vīgintī (“twenty”), (from *vīcēnssos, from Proto-Indo-European *wi(h₁)ḱm̥ttós, with the -imus ending of decimus (“tenth”)) +‎ -al (suffix forming an adjective). Compare Latin vīgintī (“twenty”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti, from *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti(h₁), *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti (“two tens; two decades”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /vɪˈd͡ʒɛsɪm(ə)l/, /vaɪ-/, /-sə-/ Hyphenation: vi‧ge‧sim‧al === Adjective === vigesimal (not comparable) Occurring in intervals of twenty. [from mid-17th c.] (arithmetic) To the base twenty. [from mid-17th c.] ==== Synonyms ==== vicesimal, vigenary, vicenary, vicenarious ==== Derived terms ==== vigesimally vigesimation ==== Translations ==== === Noun === vigesimal (plural vigesimals) A twentieth part. ====References “vigesimal”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “vigesimal”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “vigesimal”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. ==== See also ==== Appendix:Unicode/Kaktovik Numerals Appendix:Unicode/Mayan Numerals ==== Further reading ==== vigesimal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia