twenty
The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-oneThe cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.
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» He wrote this novel at twenty.
Er schrieb diesen Roman mit Zwanzig. — virgil
Він написав цей роман коли йому було двадцять років. — ascolto
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1061 sentencesHe wrote this novel at twenty.
Він написав цей роман коли йому було двадцять років. — ascolto
deEr schrieb diesen Roman mit Zwanzig. — virgil
She got married when she was twenty-five.
Вона одружилася, коли їй було двадцять п'ять років. — deniko
ruОна вышла замуж, когда ей было двадцать пять. — Biga
deSie heiratete im Alter von 25. — al_ex_an_der
My mother got married at the age of twenty.
Моя мати вийшла заміж у віці двадцяти років. — lingvokrolik
ruМоя мать вышла замуж в двадцатилетнем возрасте. — Hellerick
deMeine Mutter heiratete mit zwanzig Jahren. — Manfredo
Meaning
1 sensesThe cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.
zwanzig
два́дцатьdvádcatʹ
два́дцятьdvádcjatʹ
Origin
From Middle English twenty, twenti, from Old English twēntiġ (“twenty”, literally “two tenFrom 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.
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Synonyms
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44 related wordsCollocations
11 patterns- twenty years
- twenty minutes
- age of twenty
- twenty years old
- for twenty years
- more than twenty
- twenty four
- twenty dollars
- was twenty years
- twenty miles
- in his twenties
See also
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