twenty-one

English dictionary entry

Meanings

num
  1. The cardinal number occurring after twenty and before twenty-two, represented in Roman numerals as XXI and in Arabic numerals as 21.
noun
  1. Blackjack.
  2. A basketball-based game in which players attempt to score exactly twenty-one points.

Pronunciation

twĕn'tē wŭnʹ /ˌtwɛntiˈwʌn/ /ˌtwɛntiˈwɒn/ twŭn'tē wŭnʹ /ˌtwʌntiˈwʌn/ en-us-twenty-one.ogg

Word forms

twenty-one twenty one twentyone

Synonyms

eleventeen one and twenty 21 XXI

Derived words

twenty-one hundred twenty-oneth twenty-one-year-old
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