vingt
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See also: vîngt
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɪŋt
Verb[edit]
vingt
French[edit]
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Cardinal : vingt Ordinal : vingtième | ||
French Wikipedia article on vingt |
Etymology[edit]
From Old French vint, from Latin vīgintī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti < *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti. The -g- was added in Middle French but was misplaced to maintain the digraph -in- which indicates the pronunciation.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /vɛ̃/
audio (file) - (Switzerland, Belgium, Eastern France) IPA(key): /vɛ̃t/ (see usage note)
- Rhymes: -ɛ̃
- Homophones: vain, vainc, vaincs, vains, vin, vingts, vins, vint, vînt
Numeral[edit]
vingt
Noun[edit]
vingt m (plural vingt)
Usage notes[edit]
- The final (t) is pronounced:
- in liaison: vingt enfants (“twenty children”) /vɛ̃.t‿ɑ̃.fɑ̃/
- in the numbers 21 to 29: vingt-deux (“twenty-two”) /vɛ̃t.dø/
- in all contexts, regularly in French-speaking Switzerland, Belgium and in the eastern part of France near the borders of those countries.
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “vingt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- vîngt (Jersey)
Etymology[edit]
From Old French vint, from Latin vīgintī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti < *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti.
Numeral[edit]
vingt
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɪŋt
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɪŋt/1 syllable
- Dutch non-lemma forms
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