twenties

Alternative forms

 * (of the decade) 'twenties

Noun

 * 1) The decade of the 1820s, 1920s, 2020s, etc.
 * My roommates said they were hosting a party inspired by the twenties which I assumed meant the 1920s but it turned out the theme was the 1120s BCE.
 * 1) The decade of one's life from age 20 through age 29.
 * The waiter was in his twenties.
 * 1) * 1954 "The Fellowship of the Ring", J.R.R. Tolkien
 * At that time Frodo was still in his tweens, as the hobbits called the irresponsible twenties between childhood and coming of age at thirty-three.
 * 1)  The range between 20 and 29.
 * She shivered; twenties by the water felt different than twenties in the mountains.

Translations

 * Dutch: jaren twintig, jaren 20, jaren 1920
 * Finnish: kaksikymmentäluku
 * French: années vingt, années 20
 * Georgian: 20-იანი წლები, ოციანი წლები, 20-იანები, ოციანები, 1920-იანი წლები, 1920-იანები
 * German: zwanziger Jahre,
 * Hungarian: húszas évek
 * Irish: fichidí
 * Japanese: 二十年代, 20年代
 * Korean: 20년대
 * Polish: lata dwudzieste, lata 20.
 * Spanish: años veinte
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh:, dauddegau

Adjective

 * 1) From or evoking the 21st through 30th years of a century (chiefly the 1920s).
 * That bob haircut makes you look so twenties.