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vingtenaire

/vɛ̃t.nɛʁ/

adjective/vɛ̃t.nɛʁ/

twentysomething

Etymology tree French vingt Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm Proto-Italic *kəntom Latin centum Latin -(ē)nus Latin centēnus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin centenāriusbor. French centenairebf. French -enaire French vingtenaire From vingt + -enaire. Cognate with Italian ventenario.

noun, masculine/feminine/vɛ̃t.nɛʁ/plural: vingtenaires

vicenarian, twentysomething

Etymology tree French vingt Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm Proto-Italic *kəntom Latin centum Latin -(ē)nus Latin centēnus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin centenāriusbor. French centenairebf. French -enaire French vingtenaire From vingt + -enaire. Cognate with Italian ventenario.

noun, masculine/vɛ̃t.nɛʁ/plural: vingtenaires

twentieth anniversary

“La Société de géographie d’Oran a célébré, le 16 avril courant, le vingtenaire de sa fondation.”

Etymology tree French vingt Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm Proto-Italic *kəntom Latin centum Latin -(ē)nus Latin centēnus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin centenāriusbor. French centenairebf. French -enaire French vingtenaire From vingt + -enaire. Cognate with Italian ventenario.