vingt
French, number/vɛ̃/
vingt is spelled V-I-N-G-T (5 letters) and appears 66 times per million words in written French, the 1,256th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vingt is a French number meaning “twenty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does vingt mean in English?
number
- 1
twenty
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dix-neuf plus un, soit deux fois dix, adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 20. 2. Vingtième. 3. Beaucoup de, un grand nombre indéterminé de.
noun: 1. Nombre 20, entier naturel après dix-neuf. 2. Chose portant le numéro 20. 3. Vingtième jour du mois.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vingt
- vingts plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vingt?
- /vɛ̃/
- Quebec [vẽɪ̯̃t]
- /vɛ̃t/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vingt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vingt in French?
vingt appears 66 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).