vint

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin vinum (“wine”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian винт (vint, “screw”).

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan vint), from Latin vīgintī (“twenty”) (compare French vingt, Spanish veinte), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti, from *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti(h₁) (“two tens, two decades”), *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈvint/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbin/
• Rhymes: -int

Numeral

vint m, f

1. (cardinal) twenty

Noun

vint m (plural vints)

1. twenty

Noun

vint

1. screw, wind

Noun

vint (genitive vindi, partitive vinti)

1. finch

Further reading

• vint in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛ̃/

Verb

vint

1. third-person singular past historic of venir

Etymology

From Latin ventus.

Noun

vint m (plural vints)

1. wind

Etymology

From Latin vīgintī.

Adjective

vint

1. twenty

Noun

vint m (uncountable)

1. twenty

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Catalan vint), from Latin vīgintī (“twenty”) (compare French vingt, Spanish veinte, Italian venti), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti, from *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti(h₁) (“two tens, two decades”), *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti.

Numeral

vint

1. (cardinal number) twenty

Etymology

From Latin vīgintī.

Numeral

vint

1. twenty

Etymology 1

From Old French vint, from Latin vīgintī.

Etymology 2

From Old French vent, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).