Vingt (en. Twenty)

vɛ̃

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

noun

An integer representing the quantity of 20.

There are twenty students in the class.

Il y a vingt élèves dans la classe.

An angle formed by the rotation of two lines meeting.

An angle of twenty degrees is quite open.

Un angle de vingt degrés est assez ouvert.

From Latin 'viginti'.

twenty years

The age of 20 years.

vingt ans

twenty-four hours

A period of 24 hours.

vingt-quatre heures

twenty thousand leagues under the sea

Title of a famous novel, evoking a distance.

vingt mille lieues sous les mers

ten

The integer 10.

dix

thirty

The integer 30.

trente

forty

The integer 40.

quarante

Used to describe a group of young adults.

These twenties are always partying.

Ces vingts sont toujours en train de faire la fête.

Sometimes used to mean 'about 20', in a figurative sense.

He must be twenty years old, that's for sure.

Il doit avoir vingts ans, c'est sûr.