vingtenaire
French, noun/vɛ̃t.nɛʁ/
vingtenaire is spelled V-I-N-G-T-E-N-A-I-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written French, the 234,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vingtenaire is a French feminine noun meaning “vicenarian, twentysomething” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne âgée de vingt à vingt-neuf ans”.
What does vingtenaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
twentysomething
noun
- 1
femininemasculinevicenarian, twentysomething
noun
- 1
masculinetwentieth anniversary
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. D’une durée de vingt ans. 2. Qui revient avec une fréquence de vingt ans. 3. Dont le diamètre est égal à 20 quarts de doigt.
noun: 1. Personne âgée de vingt à vingt-neuf ans. 2. Préposé à la perception du droit de vingtaine, c’est-à-dire le vingtième des revenus ^([1]).
noun: 1. Vingtième anniversaire. 2. Tuyau d’aqueduc d’un diamètre égal à 20 quarts de doigt.
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 vingtenaire
- vingtenaires plural
- vicenaire
- vintenaire
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vingtenaire?
- /vɛ̃t.nɛʁ/
- \vɛ̃t.nɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vingtenaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vingtenaire in French?
vingtenaire appears about once in every 55 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).