veintiuno

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Spanish

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    Cardinal: veintiuno
    Apocopated cardinal: veintiún
    Ordinal: vigesimoprimero, vigésimo primero
    Apocopated ordinal: vigesimoprimer, vigésimo primer
    Ordinal abbreviation: 21.º
    Fractional: veintiunavo

Alternative forms

Etymology

From veinte +‎ y +‎ uno.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beinˈtjuno/ , /beintiˈuno/ , /benˈtjuno/ , /bentiˈuno/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uno
  • Syllabification: vein‧tiu‧no

Numeral

veintiuno m (feminine veintiuna, masculine before a noun veintiún)

  1. twenty-one

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