twentieth
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English[edit]
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← 19 | 20 | 21 → |
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Cardinal: twenty Ordinal: twentieth Adverbial: twenty times Multiplier: twentyfold |
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English twentithe, twentiþe, from Old English twēntigoþa. Equivalent to twenty + -eth.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
twentieth (not comparable)
- The ordinal form of the number twenty.
Abbreviations[edit]
- 20th, 20th; (in names of monarchs and popes) XX
Translations[edit]
ordinal form of twenty — See also translations at 20th
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Noun[edit]
twentieth (plural twentieths)
- A person or thing in the twentieth position.
- One of twenty equal parts of a whole.
- 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in Rail, number 947, page 57:
- There are some glittering stats out there regarding Brassey: namely that he'd built around one-third of Britain's railways by the time he was in his early 40s, and that by the time of his death (aged 65) he was responsible for around one-twentieth of the world's railways.
Translations[edit]
ordinal object
portion of whole
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