Vingt-quatre (en. Twenty-four)

[vɛ̃t katʁ]

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

noun

The number that corresponds to 24.

There are twenty-four hours in a day.

Il y a vingt-quatre heures dans une journée.

Two times twelve.

Twenty-four is twice twelve.

Vingt-quatre est le double de douze.

The word comes from 'vingt' (20) and 'quatre' (4) in French.

twenty-four hours a day

To be available all the time.

vingt-quatre heures sur vingt-quatre

twenty-four carats

A reference to the purity of gold.

vingt-quatre carats

twenty

Whole number, 20.

vingt

four

Whole number, 4.

quatre

twenty-five

Whole number, 25.

vingt-cinq

Reference to a late hour.

I got home at twenty-four hours last night.

Je suis rentré à vingt-quatre heures hier soir.

To express oneself excessively.

He told me about the twenty-four ways to do that.

Il m'a parlé des vingt-quatre manières de faire ça.