twenty-three
UK: ˈtwenti θriː | US: ˈtwɛnti θri
n. the cardinal number equal to twenty plus three (23)
adj. amounting to twenty-three in number
The word "twenty-three" is a compound of "twenty" (from Old English twēntig, meaning "two tens") and "three" (from Old English þrīe, meaning the numeral 3). The structure follows the Germanic pattern of combining tens and units to form numbers. Historically, English number names retain their Germanic roots, with "twenty" originally meaning "two tens" (a score) and "three" preserving its ancient Indo-European form. The hyphenated spelling reflects standard English conventions for writing numbers between 21 and 99.
She scored twenty-three points in the basketball game.
The book has twenty-three chapters, each covering a different theme.
Twenty-three students attended the workshop yesterday.
The temperature dropped to twenty-three degrees overnight.
He waited twenty-three minutes for the bus to arrive.