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ventenne

twenty-year-old

adjective ven-TEN-neh Rare

Also means

in one's twenties

Usage Note

Ventenne functions as both adjective and noun: un ventenne is a twenty-year-old man, una ventenne a twenty-year-old woman. It belongs to the -enne suffix family (trentenne, quarantenne, etc.) that describes age in decades and is invariable by gender (same form for m and f), though it inflects for number: ventenni in the plural.

Examples

"È un ragazzo ventenne molto maturo."

Natural Translation

He is a very mature twenty-year-old boy.

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