English

Numeral

forty-first

1. (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number forty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 41 of a sequence.

   The answer appears on the forty-first page of the book.

   She finished forty-first in the race.

Usage notes

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

Abbreviations

• 41st, 41^st

Translations

Noun

forty-first ‎(plural forty-firsts)

1. (fractional) One of forty-one equal parts of a whole.

   A forty-first of 820 is 20.

Synonyms

• forty-oneth