eleven
UK/ɪˈlɛv.ən//əˈlɛv.ən/
eleven numeral: the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits. Also the deliberate misspelling of !!.
Numeral
eleven
- The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.
- It was a thunderstormy morning, eleven o'clock, with great dashes of rain pounding against the windows.1973, Jane Roberts, The education of Oversoul Seven, page 8
- I know most girls say that they've known their bezzies since they started primary school together, bonding over handmade Mother's Day cards or a hatred of the egg-and-spoon race, but I've only known Taryn since I was eleven[…]2011, Helen Bailey, Knowing Me, Knowing You
Noun
eleven (plural elevens)
- A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc.
- A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.
- Sneeze is well known by all followers of U. of D. athletics for his great work at halfback on the Flyers' eleven for the past four seasons [...]1926, J. Conoboy, “Walter Achiu: Chinese-Hawaiian Athlete Will Be Leader of Flyers On Cinder Path This Year”, in The Dayton Herald, page 21
- An exceptional specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
- A very high level of intensity.
Also used as
eleven is also the deliberate misspelling of !!.
eleven meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
eleven in Hindi
- the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
- ग्यारह gyārah, एकादश ekādaś
eleven in Tamil
- the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
- பதினொன்று patiṉoṉṟu
eleven in Marathi
- the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
- अकरा akrā
eleven in Urdu
- the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
- گیارہ gyārah
More languagesFewer languages
- eleven in Bengali
- এগারো egarō
- eleven in Telugu
- పదకొండు padakoṇḍu, ౧౧
- eleven in Malayalam
- പതിനൊന്ന് patinonnŭ
- eleven in Kannada
- ಹನ್ನೊಂದು hannondu
- eleven in Punjabi
- ਗਿਆਰਾਂ giārā̃
- eleven in Gujarati
- અગિયાર agiyār
- eleven in Odia
- ଏଗାର egāra
- eleven in Sanskrit
- एकादश ekādaśa
- eleven in Sinhala
- එකොළහ ekoḷaha
- eleven in Assamese
- এঘাৰঃ egharoh
- eleven in Nepali
- एघार eghāra
- eleven in Pashto
- يوولس yawolas
- eleven in Tagalog
- labing-isa
- eleven in Arabic
- أَحَد عَشَر ʔaḥad ʕašar, إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ ʔiḥdā ʕašrata, ١١
- eleven in Malay
- sebelas, satu belas, sepuluh satu, satu puluh satu
- eleven in Indonesian
- sebelas
- eleven in Persian
- یازده yâzdah
- eleven in Thai
- สิบเอ็ด sìp-èt
- eleven in Vietnamese
- mười một
- eleven in Myanmar
- ဆယ့်တစ် hcai.tac
- Dhivehi
- އެގަރަ egara
- Dzongkha
- བཅུ་གཅིག bcu gcig
Examples of eleven in a sentence
- Thanks to my strict diet, I've slimmed down to eleven stone.
- It takes about eleven hours to fly from Frankfurt to Hong Kong.
- I started acting at the age of eleven in my local theatre.
Synonyms of eleven
Forms of eleven
| Numeral | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Arabic numerals |
| alternative form | Roman numerals |
| alternative form | leven |
| alternative form | 'leven |
| alternative form | leben |
| Noun | |
| plural | elevens |
Origin of eleven
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.
Words formed from eleven
- eighty-eleven
- elevener
- elevenie
- elevenish
- elevenness
- elevenpence
- elevenpenny
- elevenscore
- elevenses
- elevensies
- eleventeen
- eleventh
- eleventy
- eplerenone
- fifty-eleven
- forty-eleven
- genuine number eleven
- more than eleven
- ninety-eleven
- seventy-eleven
- sixty-eleven
- thirty-eleven
- twenty-eleven
- up to eleven
- eleven-dimensional
- eleven hundred
- eleven o'clock
- eleven plus
- eleven-plus
- eleven-striped blind snake
- film at eleven
- first eleven
- grade eleven
- legs eleven
- more at eleven
- number eleven
- second eleven
- seven come eleven
- third eleven
Phrases with eleven
Words that rhyme with eleven
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Questions about eleven
- What does eleven mean?
- Eleven means the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.
- What is eleven in Hindi?
- Eleven in Hindi is ग्यारह (gyārah), एकादश (ekādaś). See Eleven meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is eleven?
- Eleven can be a numeral or a noun.
- How do you pronounce eleven?
- Eleven is pronounced /ɪˈlɛv.ən/ (UK).
Words near eleven in the dictionary
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