twenty-one

== English == === Alternative forms === twenty one twentyone === Pronunciation === enPR: twĕn'tē wŭnʹ, IPA(key): /ˌtwɛntiˈwʌn/ (parts of the UK) IPA(key): /ˌtwɛntiˈwɒn/ (parts of the US and Canada) enPR: twŭn'tē wŭnʹ, IPA(key): /ˌtwʌntiˈwʌn/ === Numeral === twenty-one The cardinal number occurring after twenty and before twenty-two, represented in Roman numerals as XXI and in Arabic numerals as 21. ==== Synonyms ==== eleventeen (nonce word) one and twenty Arabic numerals: 21 Roman numerals: XXI ==== Derived terms ==== twenty-first ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== twenty twenty-two === Noun === twenty-one (uncountable) (card games) Blackjack. 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 398: They were to spend many an evening together sitting round the old kitchen table playing twentyone [...]. (sports) A basketball-based game in which players attempt to score exactly twenty-one points. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== baccarat blackjack pontoon