twenty-two

A cardinal number representing the integer after twenty-one and before twenty-three.

• 🇫🇷Adjectif numéral cardinal correspondant au nombre 22, utilisé pour dénombrer ou indiquer une quantité de vingt-deux éléments, et parfois aussi adjectif ordinal signifiant vingt-deuxième.

1. Number A1 formal

   Being two more than twenty in number.

   • There are twenty-two students in the class.
   • She is twenty-two years old.
   • The book has twenty-two chapters.

   🇫🇷vingt-deux (nombre)

   Synonymes: xxii

• more twenty-two comparative form
• most twenty-two superlative form

A noun referring to the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one, or a .22 caliber firearm.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant le nombre entier égal à vingt et un plus un, ou une arme à feu de calibre .22.

1. Number A1 formal

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

   • There are twenty-two students in the class.
   • She turned twenty-two last week.
   • The page number is twenty-two.

   🇫🇷vingt-deux

2. Firearm B2 informal

   A .22 caliber firearm, such as a pistol or rifle.

   • He keeps a twenty-two for target practice.
   • The hunter used a twenty-two to shoot small game.
   • She cleaned her twenty-two after the shooting range.

   🇫🇷arme de calibre .22

• twenty-twos plural form
• twenty-twos' possessive plural form
• twenty-two's possessive singular form