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twenty-four

num · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌtwɛntiˈfɔː/
  • General-American: /ˌtwɛntiˈfɔɹ/
  • General-American: [-ɾi-]
  • Mid-Atlantic, US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • fōr rhotic, 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)
  • CMU ARPABET: T W EH1 N T IY0 F AO2 R 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
  • : 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
  • Yup'ik: yuinaq cetaman — cardinal number
Real reading context

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