twenty
English
/ˈtwɛnti/, /ˈtwɛnti/, /ˈtwʌn(t)i/
numeral
Definitions
- The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English twenty inherited from Old English twēntiġ (twenty, two tens) inherited from Proto-Germanic *twaintigiwiz, *twai (two) + Proto-Germanic *teguz (group of ten)suffix from English two, twain.
Origin
English
twain
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- atwain English
- atween English
- atwo English
- between English
- betwixen English
- pence English
- penny English
- something English
- twain English
- twentieth English
- twentiethly English
- twentyfold English
- twentyish English
- twentyness English
- twentypence English
- twentypenny English
- twentysomething English
- two English
- two-armed English
- two-edged English
- two-faced English
- two-fanged English
- two-footed English
- two-handed English
- two-headed English
- two-hourly English
- two-legged English
- two-lipped English
- two-ply English
- two-reeler English
- two-tongued English
- two-up English
- two-way English
- twoer English
- twofold English
- twoish English
- twoling English
- twoness English
- twopartite English
- twopence English
- twopenny English
- twoscore English
- twosies English
- twosome English
- twoth English
- twothirds English
- twoweapon English
- Twen German
- siebenundzwanzig German
- zwanzig German
- zwanzigfach German
- zwanzigjährig German
- zwanzigköpfig German
- zwanzigmal German
- zwanzigminütig German
- zwanzigmonatig German
- zwanzigprozentig German
- zwanzigseitig German
- zwanzigste German
- zwanzigstündig German
- zwanzigteilig German
- zwanzigtägig German
- zwanzigwöchig German
- achtentwintig Dutch, Flemish
- twintig Dutch, Flemish
- *dwó Proto-Indo-European
- *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European
- tyve Norwegian Bokmål
- *teguz Proto-Germanic
- *twai Proto-Germanic
- *twai tigiwiz Proto-Germanic
- *twaintigiwiz Proto-Germanic
- ツー Japanese
- twentigfeald Old English
- twā Old English
- twēntigoþa Old English
- twēntiġ Old English
- twēġen Old English
- twei Middle English
- twenti Middle English
- twenty Middle English
- tweyne Middle English
- two Middle English
- tigr Old Norse
- tuttugu Old Norse
- tva Old Norse
- tveir Old Norse
- tvá Old Norse
- firsindstyve Danish
- halvfemsindstyve Danish
- halvfjerdsindstyve Danish
- halvtredsindstyve Danish
- tresindstyve Danish
- tyve Danish
- tyvende Danish
- tyver Danish
- twintich Middle Dutch
- zwei Old High German
- zweinzug Old High German
- twintig Afrikaans
- zweinzec Middle High German
- 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌹 Gothic
- *twai- gmw-pro
- *twai-, *twain- gmw-pro
- twē Old Dutch
- sbòanskh Cimbrian
- sbòanskhte Cimbrian
- zbuantzekh Cimbrian
- zwenzig Alemannic German
- zwänzg Alemannic German
- tweintich Western Frisian
- twentig Old Frisian
- tu Tok Pisin
- twenti Tok Pisin
- cwencik Vilamovian
- tu Sranan Tongo
- tu Fanagalo
- twenti Fanagalo
- tu Bislama
- twante Bislama
- tua Crimean Gothic
- two
- atwo
- pence
- twain
- penny
- twoer
- twoth
- twoish
- atween
- atwain
- two-up
- two-way
- twoness
- twofold
- between
- twosies
- twosome
- two-ply
- twoling
- twopence
- twopenny
- twoscore
- betwixen
- twoweapon
- twentyish
- two-armed
- two-faced
- twothirds
- something
- two-edged
- twentieth
- two-handed
- twentyfold
- two-fanged
- two-hourly
- two-reeler
- two-legged
- twentyness
- two-headed
- two-footed
- twopartite
- two-lipped
- two-tongued
- twentiethly
- twentypence
- twentypenny
- twentysomething