Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

twentieth century

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables
twen-ti-eth -cen-tu-ry
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

the century from 1901 to 2000

Questions

What does twentieth century mean?
the century from 1901 to 2000

How to pronounce twentieth century

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