vingtaine
French, noun/vɛ̃.tɛn/
vingtaine is spelled V-I-N-G-T-A-I-N-E (9 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vingtaine is a French feminine noun meaning “about twenty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Réunion de personnes ou de choses de même nature au nombre de vingt ou environ”.
What does vingtaine mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineabout twenty
- 2
feminineone's twenties (period of life between ages 20 and 29)
une femme dans la vingtaine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Réunion de personnes ou de choses de même nature au nombre de vingt ou environ. 2. Période de la vie entre 20 et 29 ans. 3. Moyen cordage dont on se sert pour faire les échafaudages et pour faire les verboquets. 4. Subdivision politique de Jersey, inférieure à la paroisse.
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 vingtaine
- vingtaines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vingtaine?
- /vɛ̃.tɛn/
- \vɛ̃.tɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vingtaine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vingtaine in French?
vingtaine appears 17 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).