twenty-first

English

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Cardinal: twenty-one     Ordinal: twenty-first     Adverbial: twenty-one times

Adjective

twenty-first (not comparable)

1. The ordinal form of the number twenty-one.

Abbreviations

21st, 21^st, XXI

Translations

the ordinal form of the number twenty-one — see also 21st

• Afrikaans: een-en-twintigste (af)
• Catalan: vint-i-unè (ca) m
• Crimean Tatar: yigirmi birinci
• Dutch: eenentwintigste (nl)
• Esperanto: dudek-unua
• Finnish: kahdeskymmenesensimmäinen (fi)
• French: vingt-et-unième (abbreviation: 21^ème)
• Georgian: ოცდამეერთე (ocdameerte)
• German: einundzwanzigste (de) (abbreviation: 21.)
• Hungarian: huszonegyedik (hu) (abbreviation: 21.)
• Italian: ventunesimo (it) m, ventunesima f (abbreviations: 21º m, 21ª f)
• Macedonian: дваесет и први (dvaeset i prvi)
• Malayalam: ഇരുപത്തൊന്നാം (irupattonnāṁ)
• Navajo: naadįįłaʼ góneʼ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tjueførste

  Nynorsk: tjuefyrste, tjueførste

• Old English: ān and twēntigoþa
• Portuguese: vigésimo primeiro m
• Romanian: al douăzeci și unulea m, a douăzeci și una f
• Russian: два́дцать пе́рвый (dvádcatʹ pérvyj)
• Spanish: vigesimoprimero (es), vigésimo primero
• Swedish: tjugoförsta (sv) (abbreviation: 21:a)
• Turkish: yirmi birinci (abbreviations: 21'inci, 21.)
• Ukrainian: два́дцять пе́рший (dvádcjatʹ péršyj)
• West Frisian: ienentweintichste

Noun

twenty-first (plural twenty-firsts)

1. The person or thing in the twenty-first position.
2. One of twenty-one equal parts of a whole, usually written ¹⁄₂₁.
3. (informal) A party to celebrate a twenty-first birthday.

Synonyms

• (nonstandard, humorous) twenty-oneth

Translations

ordinal

• Catalan: vint-i-unè (ca) m
• Finnish: kahdeskymmenesensimmäinen (fi)
• French: vingt-et-unième (fr) m or f
• German: einundzwanzigste (de)
• Hungarian: huszonegyedik (hu)
• Italian: ventunesimo (it) m, ventunesima f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tjueførste, enogtyvende, enogtjuende

• Old English: ān and twēntigoþa
• Portuguese: vigésimo primeiro m
• Spanish: vigésimo primero
• Turkish: yirmi birinci

portion of a whole

• Catalan: vint-i-unè (ca) m
• Finnish: kahdeskymmenesyhdesosa
• French: vingt-et-unième (fr) m
• Georgian: ოცდამეერთედი (ocdameertedi)
• German: Einundzwanzigstel
• Hungarian: huszonegyed
• Italian: ventunesimo (it) m
• Old English: ān and twēntigoþa dǣl
• Portuguese: vinte e um avos m
• Spanish: veintiunavo (es)

See also

• previous: twentieth, next: twenty-second