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sixty-first

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

The ordinal form of the number sixty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 61 of a sequence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The answer appears on the sixty-first page of the book.
  • She finished sixty-first in the race.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One of sixty-one equal parts of a whole.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • A sixty-first of 1220 is 20.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: een-en-sestigste — ordinal number
  • Belarusian: шэсцьдзеся́т пе́ршы (šescʹdzjesját pjéršy) — ordinal number
  • Catalan: seixanta-unè — ordinal number
  • Dutch: eenenzestigste — ordinal number
  • Esperanto: sesdek-unua — ordinal number
  • Finnish: kuudeskymmenesensimmäinen — ordinal number
  • Finnish: kuudeskymmenesyhdes — ordinal number
  • French: soixante-et-unième — ordinal number
  • French: soixante et unième — ordinal number
  • Georgian: სამოცდამეერთე (samocdameerte) — ordinal number
  • German: einundsechzigste — ordinal number
  • Hindi: इकसठवाँ (iksaṭhvā̃) — ordinal number
  • Hungarian: hatvanegyedik — ordinal number
  • Italian: sessantunesimo — ordinal number
  • Malayalam: അറുപത്തൊന്നാം (aṟupattonnāṁ) — ordinal number
  • Manchu: ᠨᡳᠨᠵᡠ ᡝᠮᡠ (ninju emu) — ordinal number
  • Polish: sześćdziesiąty pierwszy — ordinal number
  • Portuguese: sexagésimo primeiro — ordinal number
  • Romanian: șaizeci și unulea — ordinal number
  • Russian: шестьдеся́т пе́рвый (šestʹdesját pérvyj) — ordinal number
  • Spanish: sexagésimo primero — ordinal number
  • Turkish: altmış birinci — ordinal number
  • Ukrainian: шістдеся́т пе́рший (šistdesját péršyj) — ordinal number
  • Finnish: kuudeskymmenesyhdesosa — one of 61 equal parts
  • French: soixante-et-unième — one of 61 equal parts
  • French: soixante et unième — one of 61 equal parts
  • Hindi: इकसठवाँ (iksaṭhvā̃) — one of 61 equal parts