twenty

See also: Twenty

**English numbers ^(edit)**
		200
← 10	← 19	20	21 →	30 →
		2
Cardinal: twenty Ordinal: twentieth Adverbial: twenty times Multiplier: twentyfold Group collective: score

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twenty

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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/, [ˈtw̥ɛ̃nti]
(General American) enPR: twĕnʹtē, IPA^(key): /ˈtwɛnti/, [ˈtw̥ɛɾ̃i], /ˈtwɛni/, [ˈtw̥ɛ̃ɾ̃i]
(parts of the US and Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈtwʌn(t)i/, /ˈtwʊn(t)i/
(Philippines, nonstandard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈtweɪnti/
Audio (UK): (file)
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɛnti, -ʌnti

Numeral

twenty

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

Synonyms

score

Derived terms

Descendants

Tok Pisin: twenti

Translations

cardinal number

Afrikaans: twintig (af)
Ahom: 𑜏𑜧 (saw)
Ainu: ホッ (hot)
Aiton: ꩬွ် (saw)
Albanian: njëzet (sq)
Alutiiq: suinaq
Amharic: ሐያ (ḥäya), ሃያ (haya) (numeral: ፳)
Arabic: عِشْرُونَ (ʕišrūna)
Egyptian Arabic: عشرين (ʕešrīn)
Aramaic:
Hebrew: סרין (‘esrīn)

Syriac: ܥܣܪܝܢ (‘esrīn)
Archi: къа (qʼa)
Armenian: քսան (hy) (kʻsan)
Aromanian: yinghits
Assamese: বিছ (bis)
Asturian: venti (ast)
Avar: къого (qxʼogo)
Avestan: 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (vīsaⁱti)
Aymara: pä tunka
Azerbaijani: iyirmi (az)
Bashkir: егерме (yegerme)
Basque: hogei (eu)
Belarusian: два́ццаць (be) (dváccacʹ)
Bengali: বিশ (bn) (biś), কুড়ি (bn) (kuṛi) (numeral: ২০)
Bikol Central: duwampulo
Bookan: duo ngoopod
Breton: ugent (br)
Brunei Malay: dua puluh
Bulgarian: два́десет (dvádeset), два́йсет (dvájset)
Burmese: နှစ်ဆယ် (my) (hnachcai) (numeral: ၂၀)
Buryat: хорин (xorin)
Carpathian Rusyn: два́дцять (dvádcjatʹ)
Catalan: vint (ca)
Cebuano: kawhaan, kaluhaan, kaluwaan
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⴳⵏⴰⵔ (agnar)
Chechen: ткъа (tqʼa)
Cherokee: ᏔᎵᏍᎪᎯ (talisgohi)
Chichewa: makumi awiri
Chickasaw: pokoli toklo
Chinese:
Cantonese: 二十 (ji⁶ sap⁶), 廿 (jaa⁶)

Hakka: 二十 (ngi-sṳ̍p)

Hokkien: 二十 (jī-cha̍p)

Mandarin: 二十 (zh) (èrshí) (numeral: 貳拾／贰拾); 廿 (zh) (niàn), (obsolete) 念 (zh) (niàn)

Teochew: 二十 (ri⁶ zab⁸)

Wu: 廿
Chuukese: rue
Chuvash: ҫирӗм (śirĕm)
Crimean Tatar: yigirmi
Czech: dvacet (cs)
Dalmatian: venč
Danish: tyve (da)
Dargwa: гъал (γal)
Dena'ina: tut qeluzhun
Dhivehi: ވިހި (vihi)
Dutch: twintig (nl) f
Dzongkha: ཉི་ཤུ (nyi shu)
Esperanto: dudek (eo)
Estonian: kakskümmend (et)
Ewe: blaeve n
Farefare: pisyi
Faroese: tjúgu
Fiji Hindi: biis (hif)
Fijian: ruasagavulu (fj)
Finnish: kaksikymmentä (fi)
French: vingt (fr) m
Friulian: vincj, vinčh
Galician: vinte (gl)
Garifuna: wein
Georgian: ოცი (oci)
German: zwanzig (de) f
Alemannic German: zwänzg
Gilbertese: houanpoui
Gothic: 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 (twai tigjus)
Greek: είκοσι (el) (eíkosi), κ΄ (numeral)
Ancient: εἴκοσι (eíkosi), κ΄ (numeral)
Greenlandic: marlunnik qulillit (kl), inuk naallugu
Gujarati: વીસ (vīs)
Haitian Creole: ven
Hausa: àshìrin
Hawaiian: iwakālua
Hebrew: עֶשְׂרִים (he) m or f (esrím)
Hindi: बीस (hi) (bīs), (numeral) २० (hi) (20), वीह (hi) (vīh), बीह (hi) (bīh), कोड़ी (hi) (koṛī)
Hopi: sunat
Hungarian: húsz (hu)
Icelandic: tuttugu (is)
Ido: duadek (io)
Ifè: ogú
Igala: ógwú
Inari Sami: kyehtlov
Indonesian: dua puluh (id)
Ingrian: kakskymment
Ingush: ткъо (tqʼo)
Interlingua: vinti, viginti
Irish: fiche (ga)
Isan: ซาว
Italian: venti (it) m
Itsekiri: ogun
Japanese: 二十 (ja) (にじゅう, nijū), 二十 (ja) (はた, hata), 二十 (ja) (ふたそ, futaso)
Jeju: 스물 (seumul), 스무 (seumu) (determiner), 이십 (isip)
Kalasha: bíši
Kalmyk: хөрн (xörn)
Kannada: ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತು (kn) (ippattu)
Karachay-Balkar: джыйырма (cıyırma)
Kazakh: жиырма (kk) (jiyrma)
Khakas: чибiрге (çibirge)
Khinalug: кьан (qʼan)
Khmer: ម្ភៃ (km) (mpʰey) (numeral: ២០ (km) (20))
Khowar: بیشیر (bíšir)
Komi-Permyak: кыкдас (kykdas)
Kongo: makumole
Korean: 이십(二十) (ko) (isip), 스물 (ko) (seumul)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بیست (bîst)

Northern Kurdish: bîst (ku)
Kyrgyz: жыйырма (ky) (jıyırma)
Ladin: vint
Lak: кьува (qʼuwa)
Lakota: wikčémna núŋpa
Lao: ຊາວ (sāo) (numeral: ໒໐)
Latin: vīgintī (la), viginti (la) m
Latvian: divdesmit (lv)
Lezgi: къад (q̄ad)
Lithuanian: dvidešimt (lt)
Livonian: kakškimdõ
Louisiana Creole French: vin
Low German: twintig (nds)
Lü: ᦌᦱᧁ (saaw) (numeral: ᧒᧐)
Macedonian: два́есет (dváeset)
Malagasy: roapolo (mg)
Malay: dua puluh (ms)
Malayalam: ഇരുപത് (ml) (irupatŭ)
Maltese: għoxrin (mt)
Manchu: ᠣᡵᡳᠨ (orin)
Manx: feed
Maori: hokotahi, rua tekau (mi), rua ngahuru (older term)
Mon: ၜါစှော်
Mongolian: хорь (mn) (xorʹ) (numeral: ᠒᠐ (20))
Nauruan: anarama
Navajo: naadiin
Ngazidja Comorian: ishirini
Norman: vîngt
Northern Mansi: ^{(please verify)} хус (hus)
Northern Sami: guoktelogi
Northern Thai: ᨪᩣ᩠ᩅ
Norwegian: tjue (no), tyve
Occitan: vint (oc)
Odia: କୋଡ଼ିଏ (or) (koṛie) (numeral: ୨୦ (20))
Ojibwe: niishtana
Old Church Slavonic: дъва дєсѧти (dŭva desęti) (numeral: к҃)
Old English: twentiġ
Old French: vint
Old Tupi: xepoxepy
Olukumi: ọgbọ
Orok: хори
Oromo: digdama
Ossetian: ссӕдз (ssæʒ)
Papiamentu: binti
Pennsylvania German: zwansich
Persian: بیست (fa) (bist), (numeral) ۲۰
Phake: ꩬွ် (saw)
Polish: dwadzieścia (pl), (collective) dwadzieścioro (pl)
Portuguese: vinte (pt)
Punjabi: ਵੀਹ (vīh) (numeral: ੨੦)
Quechua: iskay chunka
Romagnol: vènt
Romani: biś
Kalo Finnish Romani: biȟ
Romanian: douăzeci (ro)
Romansch: ventg (Grischun)
Russian: два́дцать (ru) (dvádcatʹ)
Rutul: къад
S'gaw Karen: ခံဆံ (khee hsee)
Saek: ซ๊าว
Samoan: luasefulu
Sanskrit: विंशति (sa) (viṃśatí)
Santali: ᱤᱥᱤ (isi), ᱵᱟᱨ ᱜᱮᱞ (bar gel)
Sardinian: binti, vinti
Scottish Gaelic: fichead
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: два́десет

Roman: dvádeset
Shan: သၢဝ်း (shn) (sáao)
Sicilian: vinti (scn)
Sinhalese: විස්ස (wissa)
Skolt Sami: kuâhttlo
Slovak: dvadsať (sk)
Slovene: dvajset (sl)
Somali: labaatan
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dwaźasća

Upper Sorbian: dwaceći
Southern Altai: јирме (ǰirme)
Southern Thai: หยีบ, หยีซิบ
Spanish: veinte (es)
Sundanese: likur
Swahili: ishirini (sw)
Swedish: tjugo (sv)
Sylheti: ꠛꠤꠡ (biś)
Tabasaran: къаб (q̄ab)
Tagalog: dalawampu (tl)
Tahitian: piti 'ahuru
Tai Dam: please add this translation if you can
Tai Laing: ꩬၢဝ်း
Tai Nüa: ᥔᥣᥝᥰ (säaw)
Tajik: бист (tg) (bist)
Talysh: vist
Tamil: இருபது (ta) (irupatu)
Tat: bist
Tatar: егерме (tt) (yegerme)
Telugu: ఇరవై (te) (iravai) (numeral: ౨౦)
Tetum: ruanulu
Thai: ยี่สิบ (th) (yîi-sìp) (numeral: ๒๐)
Tibetan: ཉི་ཤུ (nyi shu), ཉི་ཤུ་ཐམ་པ (nyi shu tham pa)
Tigre: ዕስራ (ʿəsra)
Tigrinya: ዕስራ (ʿəsra) (numeral: ፳)
Tlingit: tleikháa
Tocharian A: wiki
Tocharian B: ikäṃ
Tofa: иъһён
Tok Pisin: twenti, tupela ten
Tongan: uofulu
Tswana: somamabedi
Turkish: yirmi (tr)
Turkmen: ýigrimi (tk)
Tuvan: чээрби (çeerbi)
Udi: къа (q̇a)
Udmurt: кызь (kyź)
Ukrainian: два́дцять (uk) (dvádcjatʹ)
Unami: nishinxke
Urdu: بیس (bīs), (numeral) ۲۰ (20)
Uyghur:
UEY: يىگىرمە (yigirme)

USY: жигирмә (zhigirme)
Uzbek: yigirma (uz)
Venetian: vinti (vec)
Vietnamese: hai mươi (vi)
Volapük: teldeg (vo), tels (older term, obsolete)
Wakhi: bist
Walloon: vint (wa)
Welsh: ugain (cy) (vigesimal, traditional), dau ddeg (cy) (decimal)
West Frisian: tweintich (fy)
Wolof: ñaar fukk
Yagnobi: бист (bist)
Yakut: сүүрбэ (süürbe)
Yiddish: צוואַנציק (tsvantsik)
Yoruba: ogún
Yup'ik: yuinaq
Zazaki: vist (diq)
Zhuang: ngeih cib
Zulu: amashumi amabili (zu)

Noun

twenty (plural twenties)

(colloquial) A banknote with a denomination of 20.
The waiter’s face lit up when I gave him a twenty.
- 2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian‎:
  The more a shop looks as though it trades in farthings and ha’pennies, the more tenners and twenties you can expect to hand over at the till.
(CB slang) 10-20 (location).
What’s your twenty, good buddy?
- 2012, Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal, Gwen Stefani, 0:54 from the start, in Settle Down‎ (music video), No Doubt (actor), Vevo:
  What's your twenty?
  Where's your brain?
  Checking in to check you out
  Concerned about your whereabouts
(UK, historical, military) An old English division of infantry.

Translations

a banknote with a denomination of 20

Czech: dvacka f
Finnish: kaksikymppinen
Greek: εικοσάρικο (el) n (eikosáriko), εικοσάρι (el) n (eikosári)
Hindi: कोड़ी (hi) f (koṛī)
Hungarian: húszas (hu)
Macedonian: дваесетка f (dvaesetka)
Navajo: naadiin béeso
Russian: двадцатка (ru) f (dvadcatka)
Swedish: tjuga (sv) c, tjugolapp (sv) c
Turkish: yirmilik (tr)
Zazaki: vistık

CB slang: location

**Middle English numbers ^(edit)**
← 10	← 19	20	30 →
		2^{[a], [b]}
Cardinal: twenty Ordinal: twentithe

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
- c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 23–24:
  At nyght was come into that hostelrye
  Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignye
  There came at nightfall to that hostelry
  Some nine and twenty in a company

Descendants

English: twenty
- Tok Pisin: twenti
Scots: twinty, twenty, tuenty
Yola: dwanty

References

“twentī, num.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.