"twentysomething" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: twentysomethings [plural]
Etymology: From twenty + -something. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|twenty|something}} twenty + -something Head templates: {{en-noun}} twentysomething (plural twentysomethings)
  1. (informal) A person whose age is between twenty and twenty-nine years, inclusive; someone in their twenties. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Age, Twenty Synonyms: vicenarian Translations (aged between twenty and twenty-nine): dvacátník [masculine] (Czech), dvacátnice [feminine] (Czech), twintiger [neuter] (Dutch), kaksikymppinen (Finnish), vingtenaire [feminine, masculine, rare] (French), Twen [masculine] (German), huszonéves (Hungarian), 二十代 (nijūdai) (Japanese), 20대 (isipdae) (Korean), veintitantos [masculine] (Spanish), veinteañero [masculine] (Spanish), veinteañera [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-twentysomething-en-noun-KSzPCHH1 Disambiguation of Age: 70 30 Disambiguation of Twenty: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -something Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 94 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -something: 90 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: twenty-something, 20-something

Numeral

Etymology: From twenty + -something. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|twenty|something}} twenty + -something Head templates: {{head|en|numeral}} twentysomething
  1. Between twenty and thirty. Categories (topical): People, Twenty
    Sense id: en-twentysomething-en-num-8ndNRzVa Disambiguation of People: 17 83 Disambiguation of Twenty: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: twenty-something, 20-something

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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