fifty-first

English

**English ordinal numbers**
< 50th	51st	52nd >
Cardinal : fifty-one Ordinal : fifty-first

Adjective

fifty-first

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.

Abbreviations

51st, 51^st

Translations

ordinal number

Esperanto: kvindek-unua
Finnish: viideskymmenesensimmäinen
French: cinquante-premier
Georgian: ორმოცდამეთერთმეტე (ormocdametertmeṭe), 51-ე (51-e)
German: einundfünfzigste

Hungarian: ötvenegyedik (hu)
Italian: cinquantunesimo
Portuguese: quinquagésimo primeiro
Spanish: quincuagésimo primero
Turkish: elli birinci

Noun

fifty-first (plural fifty-firsts)

One of fifty-one equal parts of a whole.
A fifty-first of 1020 is 20.

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