Standard Lemma guide

twenty-two

noun · num · 5 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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  • twĕn'tē to͞oʹ
  • /ˌtwɛntiˈtuː/
  • twŭn'tē to͞oʹ parts of North America
  • /ˌtwʌntiˈtu/ parts of North America
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: T W EH1 N T IY0 T UW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A .22 calibre pistol or rifle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

num

Meaning 2

The number after twenty-one and before twenty-three. Represented in Arabic digits as 22.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

being two more than twenty

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 22, xxii

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a .22 caliber firearm (pistol or rifle)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: .22

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: firearm, piece, small-arm

Narrower terms: twenty-two pistol, twenty-two rifle

5

noun

Meaning 5

the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 22, XXII

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: large integer

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

107 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Italian: ventidue — .22 calibre pistol or rifle
  • Russian: двадцать второй (dvadcatʹ vtoroj) — .22 calibre pistol or rifle
  • Afrikaans: twee-en-twintig — twenty-two
  • Amharic: ሃያ ሁለት (haya hulät) — twenty-two
  • Arabic: اِثْنَان وَعِشْرُون (iṯnān wa-ʕišrūn) — twenty-two
  • Armenian: քսաներկու (kʻsanerku) — twenty-two
  • Azerbaijani: iyirmi iki — twenty-two
  • Basque: hogeita bi — twenty-two
  • Belarusian: два́ццаць два (dváccacʹ dva) — twenty-two
  • Bengali: বাইশ (baiś) — twenty-two
  • Breton: daou-warn-ugent — twenty-two
  • Burmese: နှစ်ဆယ့်နှစ် (hnachcai.hnac) — twenty-two
  • Catalan: vint-i-dos — twenty-two
  • Cebuano: kawhaa`g duha — twenty-two
  • Cebuano: bayente dos — twenty-two
  • Chechen: ткъе шиь (tqʼe šï) — twenty-two
  • Cherokee: ᏔᎵᏍᎪ ᏔᎵ (talisgo tali) — twenty-two
  • Chichewa: makumi awiri n'ziwiri — twenty-two
  • Chinese Cantonese: 二十二 — twenty-two
  • Chinese Mandarin: 二十二 (èrshí'èr) — twenty-two
  • Czech: dvacet dva — twenty-two
  • Czech: dvaadvacet — twenty-two
  • Danish: toogtyve — twenty-two
  • Dhivehi: ބާވީސް (bāvīs) — twenty-two
  • Dutch: tweeëntwintig — twenty-two
  • Esperanto: dudek du — twenty-two
  • Faroese: tveyogtjúgu — twenty-two
  • Fijian: ruasagavulu ka rua — twenty-two
  • Finnish: kaksikymmentäkaksi — twenty-two
  • French: vingt-deux — twenty-two
  • West-Frisian: twaentweintich — twenty-two
  • Galician: vinte e dous — twenty-two
  • Georgian: ოცდაორი (ocdaori) — twenty-two
  • German: zweiundzwanzig — twenty-two
  • Greek: είκοσι δύο (eíkosi dýo) — twenty-two
  • Gujarati: બાવીસ (bāvīs) — twenty-two
  • Haitian Creole: vennde — twenty-two
  • Hebrew: עשרים־ושנים (esrím və-shnáyim) — twenty-two
  • Hindi: बाईस (bāīs) — twenty-two
  • Hungarian: huszonkettő — twenty-two
  • Icelandic: tuttugu og tveir — twenty-two
  • Indonesian: dua puluh dua — twenty-two
  • Interlingua: vinti-duo — twenty-two
  • Irish: fiche a dó — twenty-two
  • Irish: dó is fiche — twenty-two
  • Italian: ventidue — twenty-two
  • Japanese: 二十二 (nijūni) — twenty-two
  • Javanese: rolikur — twenty-two
  • Kannada: ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತೆರಡು (ippatteraḍu) — twenty-two
  • Kazakh: жиырма екі (jiyrma ekı) — twenty-two
  • Khmer: ម្ភៃពីរ (mphey pii) — twenty-two
  • Korean: 스물둘 (seumuldul) — twenty-two
  • Korean: 이십이 (isibi) — twenty-two
  • Kyrgyz: жыйырма эки (jıyırma eki) — twenty-two
  • Lakota: wikčémna núŋpa aké núŋpa — twenty-two
  • Lao: ຊາວສອງ (sāo sǭng) — twenty-two
  • Latin: vigintiduo — twenty-two
  • : ᦌᦱᧁᦉᦸᧂ (saawṡoang) — twenty-two
  • Macedonian: два́есет и два (dváeset i dva) — twenty-two
  • Malay: dua puluh dua — twenty-two
  • Malay: dua likur — twenty-two
  • Malayalam: ഇരുപത്തിരണ്ട് (irupattiraṇṭŭ) — twenty-two
  • Maltese: tnejn u għoxrin — twenty-two
  • Manchu: ᠣᡵᡳᠨ ᠵᡠᠸᡝ (orin juwe) — twenty-two
  • Classical Nahuatl: cempōhualli omōme — twenty-two
  • Navajo: naadįįnaaki — twenty-two
  • Nheengatu: irundí-pú-mukũi — twenty-two
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tjueto — twenty-two
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tjueto — twenty-two
  • Ojibwe: niishtana-ashi-niizh — twenty-two
  • Old English: twā and twēntiġ — twenty-two
  • Pennsylvania German: zwee un zwansich — twenty-two
  • Polish: dwadzieścia dwa — twenty-two
  • Portuguese: vinte e dois — twenty-two
  • Portuguese: vinte e duas — twenty-two
  • Punjabi: ਬਾਈ (bāī) — twenty-two
  • Quechua: iskay chunka iskayniyuq — twenty-two
  • Romanian: douăzeci și doi — twenty-two
  • Romanian: douăzeci și două — twenty-two
  • Russian: два́дцать два (dvádcatʹ dva) — twenty-two
  • Samoan: luasefulu lua — twenty-two
  • Sanskrit: द्वाविंशति (dvāviṃśati) — twenty-two
  • Shan: သၢဝ်းသွင် (sáao sǎung) — twenty-two
  • Slovene: dvaindvajset — twenty-two
  • Spanish: veintidós — twenty-two
  • Swahili: ishirini na mbili — twenty-two
  • Swedish: tjugotvå — twenty-two
  • Tagalog: dalawampo — twenty-two
  • Tagalog: beynte-dos — twenty-two
  • Tamil: இருபத்திரண்டு (irupattiraṇṭu) — twenty-two
  • Telugu: ఇరవై రెండు (iravai reṇḍu) — twenty-two
  • Thai: ยี่สิบสอง (yîi-sìp-sɔ̌ɔng) — twenty-two
  • Tok Pisin: tupela ten tu — twenty-two
  • Tongan: uofulu mā ua — twenty-two
  • Turkish: yirmi iki — twenty-two
  • Ukrainian: два́дцять два (dvádcjatʹ dva) — twenty-two
  • Urdu: بائیس (bāīs) — twenty-two
  • Uyghur: يىگىرمە ئىككى (yigirme ikki) — twenty-two
  • Vietnamese: hai mươi hai — twenty-two
  • Volapük: teldegtel — twenty-two
  • Volapük: telsetel — twenty-two
  • Welsh: dau ar hugain — twenty-two
  • Welsh: dwy ar hugain — twenty-two
  • Welsh: dau ddeg dau — twenty-two
  • Welsh: dau ddeg dwy — twenty-two
  • Yiddish: צוויי און צוואַנציק (tsvey un tsvantsik) — twenty-two
  • Yup'ik: yuinaq malruk — twenty-two
Real reading context

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