diff --git a/django/contrib/humanize/templatetags/humanize.py b/django/contrib/humanize/templatetags/humanize.py
index 26a9dd3a3f68..79d2e1566721 100644
--- a/django/contrib/humanize/templatetags/humanize.py
+++ b/django/contrib/humanize/templatetags/humanize.py
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ def ordinal(value):
         return value
     if value < 0:
         return str(value)
-    if value % 100 in (11, 12, 13):
+    if value == 1:
+        # Translators: Ordinal format when value is 1 (1st).
+        value = pgettext("ordinal is 1", "{}st").format(value)
+    elif value % 100 in (11, 12, 13):
         # Translators: Ordinal format for 11 (11th), 12 (12th), and 13 (13th).
         value = pgettext("ordinal 11, 12, 13", "{}th").format(value)
     else:
diff --git a/tests/humanize_tests/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo b/tests/humanize_tests/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0cdef6c211ce
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diff --git a/tests/humanize_tests/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/django.po b/tests/humanize_tests/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..011b35cb0df4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/humanize_tests/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# Test-only French translations for humanize ordinal filter.
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+"Language: fr\n"
+"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n > 1);\n"
+
+msgid "Humanize"
+msgstr "Humanisation"
+
+#. Translators: Ordinal format when value is 1 (1st).
+#: contrib/humanize/templatetags/humanize.py:37
+#, fuzzy
+#| msgctxt "ordinal 1"
+#| msgid "{}st"
+msgctxt "ordinal is 1"
+msgid "{}st"
+msgstr "{}<sup>er</sup>"
+
+#. Translators: Ordinal format for 11 (11th), 12 (12th), and 13 (13th).
+msgctxt "ordinal 11, 12, 13"
+msgid "{}th"
+msgstr "{}<sup>e</sup>"
+
+#. Translators: Ordinal format when value ends with 0, e.g. 80th.
+msgctxt "ordinal 0"
+msgid "{}th"
+msgstr "{}<sup>e</sup>"
+
+#. Translators: Ordinal format when value ends with 1, e.g. 81st, except 11.
+msgctxt "ordinal 1"
+msgid "{}st"
+msgstr "{}<sup>e</sup>"
+
+#. Translators: Ordinal format when value ends with 2, e.g. 82nd, except 12.
+msgctxt "ordinal 2"
+msgid "{}nd"
+msgstr "{}<sup>e</sup>"
+
+#. Translators: Ordinal format when value ends with 3, e.g. 83rd, except 13.
+msgctxt "ordinal 3"
+msgid "{}rd"
+msgstr "{}<sup>e</sup>"
+
+#. Translators: Ordinal format when value ends with 4, e.g. 84th.
+msgctxt "ordinal 4"
+msgid "{}th"
+msgstr "{}<sup>e</sup>"
+
+#. Translators: Ordinal format when value ends with 5, e.g. 85th.
+msgctxt "ordinal 5"
+msgid "{}th"
+msgstr "{}<sup>e</sup>"
+
+#. Translators: Ordinal format when value ends with 6, e.g. 86th.
+msgctxt "ordinal 6"
+msgid "{}th"
+msgstr "{}<sup>e</sup>"
+
+#. Translators: Ordinal format when value ends with 7, e.g. 87th.
+msgctxt "ordinal 7"
+msgid "{}th"
+msgstr "{}<sup>e</sup>"
+
+#. Translators: Ordinal format when value ends with 8, e.g. 88th.
+msgctxt "ordinal 8"
+msgid "{}th"
+msgstr "{}<sup>e</sup>"
+
+#. Translators: Ordinal format when value ends with 9, e.g. 89th.
+msgctxt "ordinal 9"
+msgid "{}th"
+msgstr "{}<sup>e</sup>"
diff --git a/tests/humanize_tests/tests.py b/tests/humanize_tests/tests.py
index 7c2863d3c478..91e9127a65bf 100644
--- a/tests/humanize_tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/humanize_tests/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import datetime
+import os
 from decimal import Decimal
 
 from django.contrib.humanize.templatetags import humanize
@@ -9,10 +10,10 @@
 from django.utils.timezone import get_fixed_timezone
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 
+here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 # Mock out datetime in some tests so they don't fail occasionally when they
 # run too slow. Use a fixed datetime for datetime.now(). DST change in
 # America/Chicago (the default time zone) happened on March 11th in 2012.
-
 now = datetime.datetime(2012, 3, 9, 22, 30)
 
 
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ def test_ordinal(self):
         with translation.override("en"):
             self.humanize_tester(test_list, result_list, "ordinal")
 
+    @override_settings(LOCALE_PATHS=[os.path.join(here, "locale")])
     def test_i18n_html_ordinal(self):
         """Allow html in output on i18n strings"""
         test_list = (
@@ -93,6 +95,8 @@ def test_i18n_html_ordinal(self):
             "11",
             "12",
             "13",
+            "21",
+            "31",
             "101",
             "102",
             "103",
@@ -108,7 +112,9 @@ def test_i18n_html_ordinal(self):
             "11<sup>e</sup>",
             "12<sup>e</sup>",
             "13<sup>e</sup>",
-            "101<sup>er</sup>",
+            "21<sup>e</sup>",
+            "31<sup>e</sup>",
+            "101<sup>e</sup>",
             "102<sup>e</sup>",
             "103<sup>e</sup>",
             "111<sup>e</sup>",