Meanings
adjectivetwenty-first (not comparable)
alternative 21st · alternative XXI
- not comparableThe ordinal form of the number twenty-one.
nountwenty-first (plural twenty-firsts)
plural twenty-firsts
- The person or thing in the twenty-first position.
- One of twenty-one equal parts of a whole, usually written ¹⁄₂₁.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Afrikaans een-en-twintigste
- een-en-twintigstethe ordinal form of the number twenty-one — see also 21st
Catalan vint-i-unè, vint-i-unè
- vint-i-unèthe ordinal form of the number twenty-one — see also 21st
- vint-i-unèportion of a whole
- vint-i-unèordinal
Dutch eenentwintigste
- eenentwintigstethe ordinal form of the number twenty-one — see also 21st
Esperanto dudek-unua
- dudek-unuathe ordinal form of the number twenty-one — see also 21st
Finnish kahdeskymmenesensimmäinen, kahdeskymmenesyhdes
- kahdeskymmenesensimmäinenthe ordinal form of the number twenty-one — see also 21st
- kahdeskymmenesyhdesthe ordinal form of the number twenty-one — see also 21st
- kahdeskymmenesyhdesosaportion of a whole
- kahdeskymmenesensimmäinenordinal
French vingt-et-unième, vingt-et-unième
- vingt-et-unièmethe ordinal form of the number twenty-one — see also 21st
- vingt-et-unièmeportion of a whole
- vingt-et-unièmeordinal
German 21.), Einundzwanzigstel
- 21.)the ordinal form of the number twenty-one — see also 21st
- Einundzwanzigstelportion of a whole
- einundzwanzigsteordinal
Hindi इक्कीसवाँ, इक्कीसवाँ
- इक्कीसवाँ (ikkīsvā̃)the ordinal form of the number twenty-one — see also 21st
- इक्कीसवाँ (ikkīsvā̃)portion of a whole
- इक्कीसवाँ (ikkīsvā̃)ordinal
Hungarian 21.), huszonegyed
- 21.)the ordinal form of the number twenty-one — see also 21st
- huszonegyedportion of a whole
- huszonegyedikordinal
Italian ventunesimo, 21º m, 21ª f)
- ventunesimothe ordinal form of the number twenty-one — see also 21st
- 21º m, 21ª f)the ordinal form of the number twenty-one — see also 21st
- ventunesimoportion of a whole
- ventunesimoordinal
- ventunesimaordinal
Norwegian Bokmål tjueførste, tjueførste
- tjueførstethe ordinal form of the number twenty-one — see also 21st
- tjueførsteordinal
- enogtyvendeordinal
- enogtjuendeordinal
Portuguese vigésimo primeiro, vinte e um avos
- vigésimo primeirothe ordinal form of the number twenty-one — see also 21st
- vinte e um avosportion of a whole
- vigésimo primeiroordinal
Romanian al douăzeci și unulea, a douăzeci și una
- al douăzeci și unuleathe ordinal form of the number twenty-one — see also 21st
- a douăzeci și unathe ordinal form of the number twenty-one — see also 21st
Russian два́дцать пе́рвый
- два́дцать пе́рвый (dvádcatʹ pérvyj)the ordinal form of the number twenty-one — see also 21st
Spanish vigesimoprimero, vigésimo primero
- vigesimoprimerothe ordinal form of the number twenty-one — see also 21st
- vigésimo primerothe ordinal form of the number twenty-one — see also 21st
- veintiunavoportion of a whole
- vigésimo primeroordinal
Swedish tjugoförsta
- tjugoförstathe ordinal form of the number twenty-one — see also 21st
Turkish yirmi birinci, yirmi birinci
- yirmi birincithe ordinal form of the number twenty-one — see also 21st
- yirmi birinciordinal
Ukrainian два́дцять пе́рший
- два́дцять пе́рший (dvádcjatʹ péršyj)the ordinal form of the number twenty-one — see also 21st
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twenty-first. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twenty-first
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“twenty-first.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twenty-first. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “twenty-first,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/twenty-first.
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