fifty-first

English

English ordinal numbers

<  50th	51st	52nd  >
Cardinal : fifty-one     Ordinal : fifty-first

Adjective

fifty-first (not comparable)

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

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

   She finished fifty-first in the race.

Usage notes

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

Synonyms

• 51st, 51^st

Translations

ordinal number

Afrikaans: een-en-vyftigste (af) Belarusian: пяцьдзеся́т пе́ршы (pjacʹdzjesját pjéršy) Esperanto: kvindek-unua Finnish: viideskymmenesensimmäinen, viideskymmenesyhdes French: cinquante-et-unième (fr) (post-1990 spelling), cinquante et unième (traditional spelling) Georgian: ორმოცდამეთერთმეტე (ormocdametertmeṭe), 51-ე (51-e) German: einundfünfzigste Hindi: इक्यावनवाँ (ikyāvanvā̃) Hungarian: ötvenegyedik (hu) Italian: cinquantunesimo Malayalam: അമ്പത്തൊന്നാം (ampattonnāṁ) Manchu: ᠰᡠᠰᠠᡳ ᡝᠮᡠᠴᡳ (susai emuci) Polish: pięćdziesiąty pierwszy (pl) Portuguese: quinquagésimo primeiro Russian: пятьдеся́т пе́рвый (pjatʹdesját pérvyj) Spanish: quincuagésimo primero Turkish: elli birinci Ukrainian: п'ятдеся́т пе́рший (pʺjatdesját péršyj)

Noun

fifty-first (plural fifty-firsts)

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

   A fifty-first of 1020 is 20.

Translations

one of 51 equal parts

Finnish: viideskymmenesyhdesosa French: cinquante-et-unième (fr) (post-1990 spelling), cinquante et unième (traditional spelling) Hindi: इक्यावनवाँ (ikyāvanvā̃)