veinte

Spanish

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Cardinal: veinte     Ordinal: vigésimo     Ordinal abbreviation: 20.º     Fractional: veinteavo, vigésimo
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Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish veynte (with a shift in stress), from Latin vīgintī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti < *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeinte/ [ˈbẽĩn̪.t̪e]

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• Rhymes: -einte
• Syllabification: vein‧te

Numeral

veinte

1. twenty

Derived terms

• caer el veinte
• corto siglo veinte
• veinteañero
• veinteavo
• vigésimo

Descendants

• Papiamentu: binti
• → Aklanon: baynti
• → Cebuano: baynte

Further reading

• “veinte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024