vingtaine
French → English
(number) Twenty-ish: a group or collection of about twenty items.
Il y avait une vingtaine d'étudiants dans la salle de classe ce matin.
(English) There were about twenty students in the classroom this morning.
J'ai acheté une vingtaine de tracts pour les distribuer dans la rue.
(English) I bought about twenty leaflets to distribute them in the street.
(period) Twenties: the years of a person's life between twenty and twenty-nine.
Elle a voyagé dans toute l'Asie pendant sa vingtaine.
(English) She traveled throughout Asia during her twenties.
C'est une période de la vie où l'on cherche souvent sa carrière.
(English) It is a period of life (the twenties) when one often searches for a career.
Entry ID: fr:en:vingtaine · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary