How do you pronounce twenties?

The recorded pronunciation is /twˈɛntiz/.

twenties

/twˈɛntiz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables: twen-ties
IPA: /twˈɛntiz/

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noun

plural of twenty

noun

The third decade of a century: the 1820s, 1920s, 2020s, etc.

noun

The decade of one's life from age 20 through age 29.

noun

The range between 20 and 29.

adj

From or evoking the 21st through 30th years of a century (chiefly the 1920s).

Example Sentences

"My roommates said they were hosting a party inspired by the twenties which I assumed meant the 1920s but it turned out the theme was the 1120s BCE."
"The waiter was in his twenties."
"1954 "The Fellowship of the Ring", J.R.R. Tolkien At that time Frodo was still in his tweens, as the hobbits called the irresponsible twenties between childhood and coming of age at thirty-three."
"She shivered; twenties by the water felt different than twenties in the mountains."
"That bob haircut makes you look so twenties."
"It tells the life of a Sicilian peasant girl, Teresa, who is brought to a village in Provence just after the First World War; is adopted by two very "twenties" lesbian ladies, one American, one English, who rebuild, maintain, and allow to decay, an old house called the Bishop's Palace."

Inflected Forms

'twenties (alternative)

Derived Forms

twirties

Phrases

1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s 1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s 2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s 2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s 2200s · 2210s · 2220s · 2230s · 2240s · 2250s · 2260s · 2270s · 2280s · 2290s 00s · 10s · 20s · 30s · 40s · 50s · 60s · 70s · 80s · 90s '00s · '10s · '20s · '30s · '40s · '50s · '60s · '70s · '80s · '90s

Frequently Paired Words

tween twentysomething vicenarian 1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s 1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s 2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s 2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s

Synonyms

1920s 2020s '20s 20s mid-twenties

Rhymes With

roaring twenties plenties

twenties

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