sixty-first

adjective

The ordinal form of the number sixty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 61 of a sequence.

“A sixty-first of 1220 is 20.”

Meanings

adjective
  1. The ordinal form of the number sixty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 61 of a sequence.

    She finished sixty-first in the race.

    1 more example

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

nounsixty-first (plural sixty-firsts)

plural sixty-firsts

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

    A sixty-first of 1220 is 20.

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Translations

Afrikaans een-en-sestigste
  • een-en-sestigsteordinal number
Catalan seixanta-unè
  • seixanta-unèordinal number
Dutch eenenzestigste
  • eenenzestigsteordinal number
Esperanto sesdek-unua
  • sesdek-unuaordinal number
Finnish kuudeskymmenesensimmäinen, kuudeskymmenesyhdes
  • kuudeskymmenesensimmäinenordinal number
  • kuudeskymmenesyhdesordinal number
  • kuudeskymmenesyhdesosaone of 61 equal parts
French soixante-et-unième, soixante et unième
  • soixante-et-unièmeordinal number
  • soixante et unièmeordinal number
  • soixante-et-unièmeone of 61 equal parts
  • soixante et unièmeone of 61 equal parts
German einundsechzigste
  • einundsechzigsteordinal number
Hindi इकसठवाँ, इकसठवाँ
  • इकसठवाँ (iksaṭhvā̃)ordinal number
  • इकसठवाँ (iksaṭhvā̃)one of 61 equal parts
Hungarian hatvanegyedik
  • hatvanegyedikordinal number
Italian sessantunesimo
  • sessantunesimoordinal number
Polish sześćdziesiąty pierwszy
  • sześćdziesiąty pierwszyordinal number
Portuguese sexagésimo primeiro
  • sexagésimo primeiroordinal number
Romanian șaizeci și unulea
  • șaizeci și unuleaordinal number
Russian шестьдеся́т пе́рвый
  • шестьдеся́т пе́рвый (šestʹdesját pérvyj)ordinal number
Spanish sexagésimo primero
  • sexagésimo primeroordinal number
Turkish altmış birinci
  • altmış birinciordinal number
Ukrainian шістдеся́т пе́рший
  • шістдеся́т пе́рший (šistdesját péršyj)ordinal number
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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