different between twenty vs twenny
twenty
English
Alternative forms
- Arabic numerals: 20 (see for numerical forms in other scripts)
- Roman numerals: XX
Etymology
From Middle English twenty, twenti, from Old English tw?nti? (“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.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?tw?nti/, [?tw???nti]
- (General American) enPR: tw?n?t?, IPA(key): /?tw?nti/, [?tw????i], /?tw?ni/, [?tw?????i]
- (parts of the US and Canada) IPA(key): /?tw?n(t)i/, /?tw?n(t)i/
- Rhymes: -?nti, -?nti
Numeral
twenty
- The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.
Derived terms
Synonyms
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: twenti
Translations
Noun
twenty (plural twenties)
- (colloquial) A banknote with a denomination of 20.
- The waiter’s face lit up when I gave him a twenty.
- (CB slang) 10-20 (location).
- What’s your twenty, good buddy?
- (Britain, historical, military) An old English division of infantry.
Translations
Middle English
Numeral
twenty
- Alternative form of twenti
twenty From the web:
- what twenty pound notes are in circulation
- what twenty pences are worth money
- what 20 pound notes are in circulation
- are the old twenty-pound notes still in circulation
twenny
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): [?tw?ni], [?tw???i]
- (US, also) IPA(key): [?tw?ni], [?tw???i]
Numeral
twenny
- Pronunciation spelling of twenty. (20)
- Twenny bucks? That wuzz a lot.
Anagrams
- twynne
twenny From the web:
- what does twenty mean
- what means twenny
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