vingt

• Rhymes: -ɪŋt

vingt

1. second-person (gij) singular past indicative of vangen

From Old French vint, from Latin vīgintī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti < *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti.

• IPA^(key): /vɛ̃/

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• (Switzerland, Belgium, Eastern France) IPA^(key): /vɛ̃t/ (see usage note)

vingt

1. twenty

vingt m (plural vingt)

1. twenty

The final ⟨t⟩ is pronounced:

• in liaison : vingt enfants /vɛ̃.t‿ɑ̃.fɑ̃/
• in the numbers 21 to 29 : vingt-deux /vɛ̃t.dø/
• in all contexts, regularly in French-speaking Switzerland, Belgium and in the eastern part of France near the borders of those countries.

• vingtaine
• vingt-deux
• vingtième

• Haitian Creole: ven
• Mauritian Creole: vin
• → Garifuna: wein

• “vingt” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• vîngt (Jersey)

From Old French vint, from Latin vīgintī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti < *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti.

vingt

1. (Guernsey) twenty