twenties

English

Alternative forms

• (of the decade) 'twenties

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛntiz

Noun

twenties

1. plural of twenty

1. The decade of the 1820s, 1920s, 2020s, etc.
2. The decade of one's life from age 20 through age 29.

   The waiter was in his twenties.

   • 1954 "The Fellowship of the Ring", J.R.R. Tolkien

     At that time Frodo was still in his tweens, as the hobbits called the irresponsible twenties between childhood and coming of age at thirty-three.

Synonyms

• 1920s, '20s, 20s

Translations

the decade of the 1920s

• Dutch: jaren twintig n pl, jaren 20 n pl, jaren 1920 n pl
• Finnish: kaksikymmentäluku
• French: années vingt f pl, années 20 f pl
• German: zwanziger Jahre n pl, Zwanziger (de) pl
• Hungarian: húszas évek
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: fichidí m pl
• Japanese: 二十年代 (nijūnendai), 20年代 (nijūnendai)
• Korean: 20년대 (isimnyeondae)
• Polish: lata dwudzieste pl, lata 20. pl
• Welsh: ugeiniau (cy) m pl

See also

decades in English (edit)

• tween
• twentysomething
• vicenarian

Anagrams

• tentwise