vingt

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɪŋt/ Rhymes: -ɪŋt === Verb === vingt second-person (gij) singular past indicative of vangen == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French vingt, from Old French vint, from Latin vīgintī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti, *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti. The Latin -g- was regularly lost in Old French, but was added back to the spelling in Middle French (now placed after the -n- in order to maintain the pronunciation). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɛ̃/ (Quebec) IPA(key): [vẽɪ̯̃t] IPA(key): /vɛ̃t/ (see usage note below) Rhymes: -ɛ̃, -ɛ̃t Homophones: vain, vainc, vaincs, vains, vin, vingts, vins, vint, vînt === Numeral === vingt (invariable) twenty ==== Usage notes ==== Apart from liaison contexts, the final -t is pronounced in the compound numbers 21 to 29: vingt-cinq /vɛ̃t.sɛ̃k/. In contrast, the final -t in vingt in 81 to 99 is never pronounced (no liaison at all): quatre-vingt-un /ka.tʁə.vɛ̃.œ̃/ not */ka.tʁə.vɛ̃.tœ̃/. 80 is quatre-vingts with -s at the end. Therefore the liaison for 80 is /s/ not /t/. But when used in a compound, the form quatre-vingt (without -s) is used, e.g. quatre-vingt-un. A minority of speakers also pronounce the -t in isolation (il y en a vingt). This is most common in Switzerland, Belgium, and adjacent regions of eastern France such as Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Champagne-Ardennes, Lorraine, Alsace and Franche-Comte. Some of these speakers pronounce the -t even before a consonant (vingt fois). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: ven Louisiana Creole: vin Mauritian Creole: vin Réunion Creole French: vin → Garifuna: wein === Further reading === “vingt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norman == === Alternative forms === vîngt (Jersey) === Etymology === From Old French vint, from Latin vīgintī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti < *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti. === Numeral === vingt (Guernsey) twenty