eleven

Senso (Inglese)

Num

The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.

Noun

1. A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc.
2. A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.
3. (slang) Deliberate misspelling of !!. Used to amplify an exclamation, imitating someone who forgets to press the shift key while typing exclamation points.
4. (slang) A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten.
5. (slang) A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɪˈlɛvən/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Middle English elleven, enleven, eleven, from Old English endleofan; from Proto-Germanic *ainalif (“one left”) (i.e., one left over after having already counted to ten), a compound of *ainaz and *-lif, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, remain”). Compare West Frisian alve, Low German ölven, Dutch elf, German elf, Icelandic ellefu, Danish and Norwegian elleve.

Frasi

He has released eleven solo studio albums .

Ha pubblicato undici album in studio solista.

About eleven , I walked back to my home in Maybury because nothing seemed to be happening .

Circa undici, tornai a casa mia a Maybury perché non sembrava accadere nulla.