Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thirty-first

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables: thir-ty--first
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

The ordinal form of the number thirty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 31 of a sequence.

noun

One of thirty-one equal parts of a whole.

Example Sentences

"The answer appears on the thirty-first page of the book."
"She finished thirty-first in the race."
"A thirty-first of 620 is 20."

Inflected Forms

thirty-firsts (plural)

Synonyms

thirty-oneth 31st

Questions

What does thirty-first mean?: The ordinal form of the number thirty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 31 of a sequence.

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