Meanings
proper noun
alternative G-20
- economicsA group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies: 19 countries plus the European Union.
If the police at the G20 protests were pumped-up, testerical, itching for a fight, it was partly because their commanding officers have spent years blurring the distinction between peaceful campaigners and terrorists.
2009 April 21, George Monbiot, “G20 videos won't change the Met”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Origin
Abbreviation of Group of Twenty.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَجْمُوعَة اَلْعِشْرِين, مَجْمُوعَة 20
- مَجْمُوعَة اَلْعِشْرِينgroup of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies
- مَجْمُوعَة 20group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies
Chinese Mandarin 20國集團 /20国集团, 二十國集團 /二十国集团
- 20國集團 /20国集团 (20 guó jítuán)group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies
- 二十國集團 /二十国集团 (èrshí guó jítuán)group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies
Finnish G20
- G20group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies
French Groupe des Vingt
- Groupe des Vingtgroup of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies
German Gruppe der Zwanzig
- Gruppe der Zwanziggroup of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies
Japanese 主要20ヶ国, 主要二十ヶ国
- 主要20ヶ国 (shuyō 20 kakoku)group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies
- 主要二十ヶ国 (shuyō nijū kakoku)group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies
Persian گروه ۲۰
- گروه ۲۰ (goruh-e bist)group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies
Portuguese Grupo dos Vinte
- Grupo dos Vintegroup of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies
Russian Гру́ппа двадцати́, Больша́я двадца́тка
- Гру́ппа двадцати́ (Grúppa dvadcatí)group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies
- Больша́я двадца́тка (Bolʹšája dvadcátka)group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies
Spanish grupo de los veinte, G20
- grupo de los veintegroup of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies
- G20group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with G20
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
G20. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/G20
MLA
“G20.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/G20. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “G20,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/G20.
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