twenty-nine

Questions about twenty-nine

What does twenty-nine mean?

twenty-nine means "the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-eight and one". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in twenty-nine?

twenty-nine has 3 syllables: twen-ty--nine. The stress falls on "twen".

What is another word for twenty-nine?

Close synonyms include 29, XXIX, 29, xxix. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is twenty-nine a common word?

twenty-nine is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.