twenty-one

noun

twen·​ty-one ˌtwen-tē-ˈwən 

ˌtwən-

1

: a number that is one more than 20 see Table of Numbers

2

[translation of French vingt-et-un] : blackjack sense 1

twenty-one adjective

twenty-one pronoun, plural in construction

Examples of twenty-one in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

So Ice was out there with at least twenty, twenty-one guys, all on that one bus. —Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025

Fourteen Final Four appearances, twenty-one appearances in Elite Eight and 28 in Sweet 16. —Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025

Among the honorees, who represent twenty-one states, are those working variously in the fields of architecture and design, craft, dance, film, media, music, theater and performance, traditional arts, and writing. —News Desk, Artforum, 30 Jan. 2025

Paul had been twenty-one at the time, in her final year at the Slade School of Art, using her bedroom as a studio. —Karl Ove Knausgaard, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for twenty-one

• aileron
• antiphon
• autobahn
• carillon
• castellan
• celadon
• cephalon
• chitosan
• cynodon
• denouement
• deuteron
• echelon