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

By then, Yoderlyn Daviana Acosta Peña, a twenty-one-year-old from Caracas, had been wearing chains around her ankles and wrists for ten hours. —Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025

Paine proposed a lump sum payment of £15 (£2,306 in 2025) to everyone reaching the age of twenty-one and a £10 (£1,537 in 2025) annual pension for the blind and lame, as well as for those fifty and older. —Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 7 Sep. 2025

The supply is capped at twenty-one million coins, with issuance predetermined by code. —Becca Bratcher, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025

Out of the twenty-one of us, seventeen had never once been on a fire assignment. —River Selby august 25, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 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