twenties

twen·ty  (twnt, twn-)

n.

1. The cardinal number equal to 2 × 10.

2. twenties

a. A decade or the numbers from 20 to 29: The children are now in their twenties. The temperature dipped into the twenties.

b. often Twenties The decade from 20 to 29 in a century.

3. A twenty-dollar bill.

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[Middle English, from Old English twntig; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]

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twenty adj. & pron.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	twenties - the time of life between 20 and 30   mid-twenties time of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state adulthood, maturity - the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed
	2.	twenties - the decade from 1920 to 1929         1920s decade, decennary, decennium - a period of 10 years

Translations

twenties [ˈtwɛntiz] npl

(= age) to be in one's twenties → avoir la vingtaine
a woman in her twenties → un femme d'une vingtaine d'années
I really enjoyed my early twenties → Je me suis beaucoup amusé quand j'avais vingt, vingt-cinq ans.

(= 1920s) the twenties → les années vingt
in the twenties → dans les années vingt
the late twenties → la fin des années vingt
the early twenties → le début des années vingt

(= temperature)
The temperature sometimes gets up to the high twenties → De temps en temps la température frôle les trente degrés.
It rarely gets warmer here than the low twenties → Ici la température dépasse rarement les vingt degrés.
in the twenties → dans les vingt degrés