different between twentieth vs vigesimal

English

Etymology

From Old English tw?ntigoþa. Equivalent to twenty +? -eth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tw?nti.??/, [?tw????i.??], /?tw?ni.??/
• Hyphenation: twen?ti?eth

Adjective

twentieth (not comparable)

1. The ordinal form of the number twenty.

Abbreviations

• 20th, 20^th; (in names of monarchs and popes) XX

Translations

Noun

twentieth (plural twentieths)

1. A person or thing in the twentieth position.
2. One of twenty equal parts of a whole.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin v?c?simus (“twentieth”) (from *v?c?nssos, from Proto-Indo-European *wi(h?)?m?ttós, with the -imus ending of decimus (“tenth”)) +? -al (“suffix forming an adjective”). Compare Latin v?gint? (“twenty”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?wih??m?ti, from *dwi(h?)d?m?ti(h?), *dwi(h?)d?m?ti (“two tens; two decades”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /v??d??s?m(?)l/, /va?-/, /-s?-/
• Hyphenation: vi?ge?sim?al

Adjective

vigesimal (not comparable)

1. Occurring in intervals of twenty. [from mid-17th c.]
2. (arithmetic) To the base twenty. [from mid-17th c.]

Synonyms

• vicesimal

Derived terms

• vigesimally
• vigesimation

Translations

Noun

vigesimal (plural vigesimals)

1. A twentieth part.

Further reading

• vigesimal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia