num · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌtwɛntiˈfɔː/
General-American:/ˌtwɛntiˈfɔɹ/
General-American:[-ɾi-]
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fōrrhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
/ˌtwɛntiˈfo(ː)ɹ/rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
/ˌtwɛntiˈfoə/non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
num
Meaning 1
The cardinal number immediately following twenty-three and preceding twenty-five.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
being four more than twenty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: 24, xxiv
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-three and one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: 24, XXIV, two dozen
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: large integer
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
100 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
vier-en-twintig
— cardinal number
Amharic:
ሃያ አራት
(haya ʾärat)
— cardinal number
Arabic:
أَرْبَعَة وَعِشْرُون
(ʔarbaʕa wa-ʕišrūn)
— cardinal number
Armenian:
քսանչորս
(kʻsančʻors)
— cardinal number
Azerbaijani:
iyirmi dörd
— cardinal number
Basque:
hogeita lau
— cardinal number
Belarusian:
два́ццаць чаты́ры
(dváccacʹ čatýry)
— cardinal number
Bengali:
চব্বিশ
(cobbiś)
— cardinal number
Breton:
pevar-warn-ugent
— cardinal number
Catalan:
vint-i-quatre
— cardinal number
Cebuano:
kawhaa`g upat
— cardinal number
Cebuano:
baynete kwatro
— cardinal number
Chechen:
ткъе диъ
(tqʼe diʔ)
— cardinal number
Cherokee:
ᏔᎵᏍᎪ ᏅᎩ
(talisgo nvgi)
— cardinal number
Chinese Cantonese:
二十四
(ji6 sap6 sei3)
— cardinal number
Chinese Mandarin:
二十四
(èrshísì)
— cardinal number
Czech:
dvacet čtyři
— cardinal number
Czech:
čtyřiadvacet
— cardinal number
Danish:
fireogtyve
— cardinal number
Dhivehi:
ސައުވީސް
(sauvīs)
— cardinal number
Dutch:
vierentwintig
— cardinal number
Esperanto:
dudek kvar
— cardinal number
Estonian:
kakskümmend neli
— cardinal number
Fijian:
ruasagavulu ka va
— cardinal number
Finnish:
kaksikymmentäneljä
— cardinal number
French:
vingt-quatre
— cardinal number
West-Frisian:
fjouwerentweintich
— cardinal number
Galician:
vinte e catro
— cardinal number
Georgian:
ოცდაოთხი
(ocdaotxi)
— cardinal number
German:
vierundzwanzig
— cardinal number
Greek:
είκοσι τέσσερα
(eíkosi téssera)
— cardinal number
Gujarati:
ચોવીસ
(covīs)
— cardinal number
Gujarati:
ચોવીશ
(covīś)
— cardinal number
Haitian Creole:
vennkat
— cardinal number
Hebrew:
עשרים־וארבעה
(esrím və-arbá)
— cardinal number
Hindi:
चौबीस
(caubīs)
— cardinal number
Hungarian:
huszonnégy
— cardinal number
Icelandic:
tuttugu og fjórir
— cardinal number
Indonesian:
dua puluh empat
— cardinal number
Interlingua:
vinti-quatro
— cardinal number
Irish:
fiche a ceathair
— cardinal number
Italian:
ventiquattro
— cardinal number
Japanese:
二十四
(nijūshi)
— cardinal number
Kalmyk:
хөрн дөрвн
(xörn dörvn)
— cardinal number
Kannada:
ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತನಾಲ್ಕು
(ippattanālku)
— cardinal number
Kazakh:
жиырма төрт
(jiyrma tört)
— cardinal number
Khmer:
ម្ភៃបួន
(mphey buən)
— cardinal number
Korean:
스물넷
(seumullet)
— cardinal number
Korean:
이십사
(isipsa)
— cardinal number
Kyrgyz:
жыйырма төрт
(jıyırma tört)
— cardinal number
Lakota:
wikčémna núŋpa aké tópa
— cardinal number
Lao:
ຊາວສີ່
(sāo sī)
— cardinal number
Latin:
vigintiquattuor
— cardinal number
Lü:
ᦌᦱᧁᦉᦲᧈ
(saawṡii1)
— cardinal number
Macedonian:
два́есет и че́тири
(dváeset i čétiri)
— cardinal number
Malay:
dua puluh empat
— cardinal number
Malay:
empat likur
— cardinal number
Malayalam:
ഇരുപത്തിനാല്
(irupattinālŭ)
— cardinal number
Manchu:
ᠣᡵᡳᠨ ᡩᡠᡳᠨ
(orin duin)
— cardinal number
Navajo:
naadįįdį́į́ʼ
— cardinal number
Nheengatu:
irundí-pú-irundí
— cardinal number
Norwegian Bokmål:
tjuefire
— cardinal number
Norwegian Nynorsk:
tjuefire
— cardinal number
Ojibwe:
niishtana-ashi-niiwin
— cardinal number
Old English:
fēower and twēntiġ
— cardinal number
Pennsylvania German:
vier un zwansich
— cardinal number
Persian:
بیست و چهار
(bist-o-čahâr)
— cardinal number
Polish:
dwadzieścia cztery
— cardinal number
Portuguese:
vinte e quatro
— cardinal number
Punjabi:
ਚੌਵੀ
(cauvī)
— cardinal number
Quechua:
iskay chunka tawayuq
— cardinal number
Romanian:
douăzeci și patru
— cardinal number
Russian:
два́дцать четы́ре
(dvádcatʹ četýre)
— cardinal number
Samoan:
luasefulu fa
— cardinal number
Sanskrit:
चतुर्विंशति
(caturviṃśati)
— cardinal number
Shan:
သၢဝ်းသီႇ
(sáao sìi)
— cardinal number
Slovak:
dvadsať štyri
— cardinal number
Slovene:
štiriindvajset
— cardinal number
Spanish:
veinticuatro
— cardinal number
Swahili:
ishirini na nne
— cardinal number
Swedish:
tjugofyra
— cardinal number
Tagalog:
beintikuwatro
— cardinal number
Tamil:
இருபத்தி நான்கு
(irupatti nāṉku)
— cardinal number
Telugu:
ఇరవై నాలుగు
(iravai nālugu)
— cardinal number
Thai:
ยี่สิบสี่
(yîi-sìp-sìi)
— cardinal number
Tok Pisin:
tupela ten foa
— cardinal number
Tongan:
uofulu mā fā
— cardinal number
Turkish:
yirmi dört
— cardinal number
Ukrainian:
два́дцять чоти́ри
(dvádcjatʹ čotýry)
— cardinal number
Urdu:
چوبیس
(caubīs)
— cardinal number
Uyghur:
يىگىرمە تۆت
(yigirme töt)
— cardinal number
Vietnamese:
hai mươi tư
— cardinal number
Volapük:
teldegfol
— cardinal number
Volapük:
telsefol
— cardinal number
Welsh:
pedwar ar hugain
— cardinal number
Welsh:
pedair ar hugain
— cardinal number
Welsh:
dau ddeg pedwar
— cardinal number
Welsh:
dau ddeg pedair
— cardinal number
Yiddish:
פֿיר און צוואַנציק
(fir un tsvantsik)
— cardinal number