eleven

Meaning

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. (Internet, alt-of, deliberate, misspelling, sarcastic, slang) Deliberate misspelling of !!, used to amplify an exclamation, imitating someone who forgets to press the shift key while typing exclamation points.
4. (US, countable, slang) A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten.
5. (US, countable, slang) A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten.

Synonyms

11

football team

elf

🧝

xi

XI

Translations

onze

11

once

11

undici

11

elf

11

elf

11

onze

11

onze

11

undecim

11

έντεκα

ένδεκα

on bir

11

Elf

yazde

11

ūndecim

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈlɛvən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: elleven

Inherited from Old English: endleofan

Cognate with Western Frisian: alve

Cognate with Low German: ölven

Cognate with Dutch: elf

Cognate with German: elf

Cognate with Icelandic: ellefu

Cognate with Danish: -

Cognate with Norwegian: elleve

In summary

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.

Sentences

He has released eleven solo studio albums .

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