twenty-two

/ˌtwɛntiˈtuː//ˌtwʌntiˈtu/

numeral

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

Similar
two and twenty22२२XXIIcardinal.22

Meanings

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

    Synonyms: two and twenty, 22, २२, XXII

nountwenty-two (plural twenty-twos)

plural twenty-twos

  1. A .22 calibre pistol or rifle.

    He wore a crazed expression / As he waded in the car / For some ammo and his sawn-off twenty-two.

    1992, Bob Magor, Blood on the Board, page 38

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
two and twenty22२२XXII

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivebeing two more than twenty

Similar

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

Similar
22XXII
Broader
large integer

nouna .22 caliber firearm (pistol or rifle)

Similar
Broader
firearmpiecesmall-arm

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans twee-en-twintig
  • twee-en-twintigtwenty-two
Arabic اِثْنَان وَعِشْرُون
  • اِثْنَان وَعِشْرُون (iṯnān wa-ʕišrūn)twenty-two
Basque hogeita bi
  • hogeita bitwenty-two
Bengali বাইশ
  • বাইশ (baiś)twenty-two
Catalan vint-i-dos
  • vint-i-dostwenty-two
Chinese Cantonese 二十二
  • 二十二twenty-two
Chinese Mandarin 二十二
  • 二十二 (èrshí'èr)twenty-two
Czech dvacet dva, dvaadvacet
  • dvacet dvatwenty-two
  • dvaadvacettwenty-two
Danish toogtyve
  • toogtyvetwenty-two
Dutch tweeëntwintig
  • tweeëntwintigtwenty-two
Esperanto dudek du
  • dudek dutwenty-two
Finnish kaksikymmentäkaksi
  • kaksikymmentäkaksitwenty-two
French vingt-deux
  • vingt-deuxtwenty-two
German zweiundzwanzig
  • zweiundzwanzigtwenty-two
Greek είκοσι δύο
  • είκοσι δύο (eíkosi dýo)twenty-two
Hebrew עשרים־ושנים
  • עשרים־ושנים (esrím və-shnáyim)twenty-two
Hindi बाईस
  • बाईस (bāīs)twenty-two
Hungarian huszonkettő
  • huszonkettőtwenty-two
Icelandic tuttugu og tveir
  • tuttugu og tveirtwenty-two
Indonesian dua puluh dua
  • dua puluh duatwenty-two
Irish fiche a dó, dó is fiche
  • fiche a dótwenty-two
  • dó is fichetwenty-two
Italian ventidue, ventidue
  • ventiduetwenty-two
  • ventidue.22 calibre pistol or rifle
Japanese 二十二
  • 二十二 (nijūni)twenty-two
Korean 스물둘, 이십이
  • 스물둘 (seumuldul)twenty-two
  • 이십이 (isibi)twenty-two
Latin vigintiduo
  • vigintiduotwenty-two
Malay dua puluh dua, dua likur
  • dua puluh duatwenty-two
  • dua likurtwenty-two
Norwegian Bokmål tjueto
  • tjuetotwenty-two
Polish dwadzieścia dwa
  • dwadzieścia dwatwenty-two
Portuguese vinte e dois, vinte e duas
  • vinte e doistwenty-two
  • vinte e duastwenty-two
Punjabi ਬਾਈ
  • ਬਾਈ (bāī)twenty-two
Romanian douăzeci și doi, douăzeci și două
  • douăzeci și doitwenty-two
  • douăzeci și douătwenty-two
Russian два́дцать два, двадцать второй
  • два́дцать два (dvádcatʹ dva)twenty-two
  • двадцать второй (dvadcatʹ vtoroj).22 calibre pistol or rifle
Spanish veintidós
  • veintidóstwenty-two
Swahili ishirini na mbili
  • ishirini na mbilitwenty-two
Swedish tjugotvå
  • tjugotvåtwenty-two
Tagalog dalawampo, beynte-dos
  • dalawampotwenty-two
  • beynte-dostwenty-two
Tamil இருபத்திரண்டு
  • இருபத்திரண்டு (irupattiraṇṭu)twenty-two
Thai ยี่สิบสอง
  • ยี่สิบสอง (yîi-sìp-sɔ̌ɔng)twenty-two
Turkish yirmi iki
  • yirmi ikitwenty-two
Ukrainian два́дцять два
  • два́дцять два (dvádcjatʹ dva)twenty-two
Urdu بائیس
  • بائیس (bāīs)twenty-two
Vietnamese hai mươi hai
  • hai mươi haitwenty-two
Welsh dau ar hugain, dwy ar hugain
  • dau ar hugaintwenty-two
  • dwy ar hugaintwenty-two
  • dau ddeg dautwenty-two
  • dau ddeg dwytwenty-two
Yiddish צוויי און צוואַנציק
  • צוויי און צוואַנציק (tsvey un tsvantsik)twenty-two
Cite this entry
APA

twenty-two. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twenty-two

MLA

“twenty-two.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twenty-two. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “twenty-two,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twenty-two.

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