twenty-one
/ˌtwɛntiˈwʌn/
twenty-one numeral: the cardinal number occurring after twenty and before twenty-two, represented in Roman numerals as XXI and in Arabic numerals as 21.
Numeral
twenty-one
- The cardinal number occurring after twenty and before twenty-two, represented in Roman numerals as XXI and in Arabic numerals as 21.
- Synonyms:
- eleventeen, one and twenty, 21, XXI
Noun
twenty-one (uncountable)
- Blackjack.
- They were to spend many an evening together sitting round the old kitchen table playing twentyone ….1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 398
- A basketball-based game in which players attempt to score exactly twenty-one points.
twenty-one meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
twenty-one in Hindi
- cardinal number
- इक्कीस ikkīs
twenty-one in Tamil
- cardinal number
- இருபத்தொன்று irupattoṉṟu
twenty-one in Urdu
- cardinal number
- اکیس ikkīs
twenty-one in Bengali
- cardinal number
- একুশ ekuś
More languagesFewer languages
- twenty-one in Telugu
- ఇరవై ఒకటి iravai okaṭi
- twenty-one in Malayalam
- ഇരുപത്തൊന്ന് irupattonnŭ, ഇരുപത്തിയൊന്ന് irupattiyonnŭ
- twenty-one in Kannada
- ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತೊಂದು ippattondu
- twenty-one in Punjabi
- ਇੱਕੀ ikkī
- twenty-one in Gujarati
- એકવીસ ekavīs
- twenty-one in Odia
- ଏକୋଇଶ ekoiśa
- twenty-one in Sanskrit
- एकविंशति ékaviṃśati
- twenty-one in Assamese
- একৈছ ekois
- twenty-one in Nepali
- एक्काईस ekkāīs, एक्काइस ekkāis
- twenty-one in Tagalog
- beynte uno, dalawmpu't isa
- twenty-one in Arabic
- وَاحِد وَعِشْرُون wāḥid wa-ʕišrūn
- twenty-one in Malay
- dua puluh satu, selikur, satu likur
- twenty-one in Indonesian
- dua puluh satu
- twenty-one in Persian
- بیست و یک bist-o-yek
- twenty-one in Thai
- ยี่สิบเอ็ด yîi-sìp-èt
- twenty-one in Vietnamese
- hai mươi mốt
- twenty-one in Myanmar
- နှစ်ဆယ့်တစ် hnachcai.tac
- Dhivehi
- އެކާވީސް ekāvīs
Synonyms of twenty-one
- eleventeen
- one and twenty
- 21
- XXI
Forms of twenty-one
| alternative form | twenty one |
|---|---|
| alternative form | twentyone |
Words formed from twenty-one
- twenty-one hundred
- twenty-oneth
- twenty-one-year-old
Phrases with twenty-one
Questions about twenty-one
- What does twenty-one mean?
- Twenty-one means the cardinal number occurring after twenty and before twenty-two, represented in Roman numerals as XXI and in Arabic numerals as 21.
- What is twenty-one in Hindi?
- Twenty-one in Hindi is इक्कीस (ikkīs). See Twenty-one meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is twenty-one?
- Twenty-one can be a numeral or a noun.
- How do you pronounce twenty-one?
- Twenty-one is pronounced /ˌtwɛntiˈwʌn/.
Words near twenty-one in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: twenty-one (page history and authors); ଏକୋଇଶ (Odia) (page history and authors); একৈছ (Assamese) (page history and authors); एक्काइस (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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