fifty-first

adjective

The ordinal form of the number fifty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 51 of a sequence.

“A fifty-first of 1020 is 20.”

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adjectivefifty-first (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThe ordinal form of the number fifty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 51 of a sequence.

    She finished fifty-first in the race.

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    The answer appears on the fifty-first page of the book.

    Synonyms: 51st

nounfifty-first (plural fifty-firsts)

plural fifty-firsts

  1. One of fifty-one equal parts of a whole.

    A fifty-first of 1020 is 20.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveThe ordinal form of the number fifty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 51 of a sequence.

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Translations

Afrikaans een-en-vyftigste
  • een-en-vyftigsteordinal number
Esperanto kvindek-unua
  • kvindek-unuaordinal number
Finnish viideskymmenesensimmäinen, viideskymmenesyhdes
  • viideskymmenesensimmäinenordinal number
  • viideskymmenesyhdesordinal number
  • viideskymmenesyhdesosaone of 51 equal parts
French cinquante-et-unième, cinquante et unième
  • cinquante-et-unièmeordinal number
  • cinquante et unièmeordinal number
  • cinquante-et-unièmeone of 51 equal parts
  • cinquante et unièmeone of 51 equal parts
German einundfünfzigste
  • einundfünfzigsteordinal number
Hindi इक्यावनवाँ, इक्यावनवाँ
  • इक्यावनवाँ (ikyāvanvā̃)ordinal number
  • इक्यावनवाँ (ikyāvanvā̃)one of 51 equal parts
Hungarian ötvenegyedik
  • ötvenegyedikordinal number
Italian cinquantunesimo
  • cinquantunesimoordinal number
Polish pięćdziesiąty pierwszy
  • pięćdziesiąty pierwszyordinal number
Portuguese quinquagésimo primeiro
  • quinquagésimo primeiroordinal number
Russian пятьдеся́т пе́рвый
  • пятьдеся́т пе́рвый (pjatʹdesját pérvyj)ordinal number
Spanish quincuagésimo primero
  • quincuagésimo primeroordinal number
Turkish elli birinci
  • elli birinciordinal number
Ukrainian п'ятдеся́т пе́рший
  • п'ятдеся́т пе́рший (pʺjatdesját péršyj)ordinal number
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APA

fifty-first. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fifty-first

MLA

“fifty-first.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fifty-first. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fifty-first,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fifty-first.

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