Briefly stated, Hobsbawm's thesis is that the history of the twentieth century is that of the decline of civilization.
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Twentieth
//ˈtwɛn.ti.əθ//
Synonyms for "twentieth" (2 found)
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137 translations across 83 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- twintigste adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Albanian
1 entries- njëzetë adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- εἰκοστός adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Armenian
3 entries- քսաներորդ adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- քսաներորդ noun (ordinal object)
- քսաներորդ noun (portion of whole)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- iyirminci adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Basque
1 entries- hogeigarren adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Belarusian
1 entries- двацца́ты adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Bengali
1 entries- বিংশ adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Bulgarian
1 entries- двадесети adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Buryat
1 entries- хоридохи adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Catalan
3 entries- vigèsim adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- vintè adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- vintè noun (portion of whole)
Chichewa
1 entries- chamakumi awiri adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 第二十 adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- yigirminci adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Czech
1 entries- dvacátý adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Danish
1 entries- tyvende adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Dutch
1 entries- twintigste adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Esperanto
1 entries- dudeka adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Estonian
1 entries- kahekümnes adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Ewe
1 entries- blaevelia adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Faroese
1 entries- tjúgundi adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Finnish
3 entries- kahdeskymmenes adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- kahdeskymmenes noun (ordinal object)
- kahdeskymmenesosa noun (portion of whole)
French
4 entries- vingt adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- vingtième adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- vingtième noun (ordinal object)
- vingtième noun (portion of whole)
Georgian
2 entries- მეოცე adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- მეოცედი noun (portion of whole)
German
1 entries- zwanzigste adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Greek
1 entries- εικοστός adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Greenlandic
1 entries- tyviat adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- ventyèm adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Hindi
3 entries- बीसवाँ adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- बीसवाँ noun (ordinal object)
- बीसवाँ noun (portion of whole)
Hungarian
3 entries- huszadik adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- huszad noun (portion of whole)
- huszadik noun (ordinal object)
Icelandic
1 entries- tuttugasta adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Indonesian
1 entries- keduapuluh adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Ingrian
1 entries- kakskymmenäs adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Interlingua
4 entries- vigesime adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- vintesime adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- vigesima noun (ordinal object)
- vigesimo noun (ordinal object)
Irish
1 entries- fichiú adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Italian
4 entries- ventesima adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- ventesimo adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- ventesimo adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- ventesima noun (ordinal object)
Japanese
1 entries- 第二十 adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Kazakh
1 entries- жиырмасыншы adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Khakas
1 entries- чибіргінӌі adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Korean
1 entries- 스무째 adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- жыйырманчы adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Lakota
1 entries- iwikcemna nuŋpa adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Latin
2 entries- vīcēsimus adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- vīcēsimus noun (portion of whole)
Latvian
1 entries- divdesmitais adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Lithuanian
1 entries- dvidešimtas adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- zwanzegst adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Macedonian
3 entries- два́есетти adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- дваесетка noun (ordinal object)
- дваесеттина noun (portion of whole)
Malay
1 entries- kedua puluh adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Malayalam
2 entries- ഇരുപതാം adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- ഇരുപതാമത്തെ adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠣᡵᡳᠴᡳ adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Manx
2 entries- feedoo adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- yn feedoo noun (ordinal object)
Navajo
1 entries- naadíín góneʼ adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Northern Sami
1 entries- guoktelogát adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Norwegian
1 entries- tjuende adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Occitan
1 entries- vinten adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Old English
3 entries- twēntigoþa adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- twēntigoþa noun (ordinal object)
- twēntigoþa dǣl noun (portion of whole)
Old French
1 entries- vintisme adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- двацети adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Persian
1 entries- بیستم adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Polish
1 entries- dwudziesty adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Portuguese
4 entries- vigésimo adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- vigésima noun (ordinal object)
- vigésimo noun (ordinal object)
- vigésimo noun (portion of whole)
Romanian
1 entries- douăzecilea adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Russian
2 entries- двадца́тый adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- двадцатая noun (portion of whole)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- ficheadamh adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- dvadeseti adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Shor
1 entries- чегирбенчи adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Slovak
1 entries- dvadsiaty adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Slovene
1 entries- dvajseti adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Southern Altai
1 entries- јирмезинчи adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Spanish
4 entries- veinteno adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- veintésimo adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- vicésimo adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- vigésimo adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Swahili
1 entries- ishirini adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Swedish
3 entries- tjugonde adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- tjugondedel noun (portion of whole)
- tjugondel noun (portion of whole)
Tagalog
1 entries- ikadalawampu adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Tajik
1 entries- бистум adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Tamil
2 entries- இருபதாம் adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- இருபதாவது adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Tatar
1 entries- егерменче adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Telugu
1 entries- ఇరవయ్యో adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Thai
1 entries- ที่ยี่สิบ adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Turkish
2 entries- yirminci adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- yirminci noun (ordinal object)
Ukrainian
1 entries- двадця́тий adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Uzbek
1 entries- yigirmanchi adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thứ hai mươi adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
Yiddish
2 entries- צוואַנציקסט adj (ordinal form of twenty — see also 20th)
- צוואַנציקסטל noun (portion of whole)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
There is no telling how far science may have progressed by the end of the twentieth century.
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In the course of the twentieth century all this changed.
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We are living in the latter half of the twentieth century.
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