eleventh

Syllables: e·lev·enthUK/ɪˈlɛv.ənθ//ɪˈlɛv.ənθ/

eleventh adjective: the ordinal form of the number eleven.

Adjective

eleventh (not comparable)

The ordinal form of the number eleven.
- Anyway, Trumpmentum is real. It is going to define the election. Further, Trumpmentum might edge out Harris at the eleventh hour—which is when it counts most.2024 October 22, Brandon J. Weichert, “Trumpmentum Is Real: Can He Win?”, in The National Interest
Synonyms:

11th, XIth, XI

Noun

eleventh (plural elevenths)

The person or thing in the eleventh position.
One of eleven equal parts of a whole.
The note eleven scale degrees from the root of a chord.

eleventh meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu

eleventh in Hindi

something in the eleventh position: ग्यारहवाँ gyārahvā̃
one of eleven equal parts of a whole: ग्यारहवाँ gyārahvā̃

eleventh in Tamil

ordinal form of eleven — see also 11th: பதினொன்றாவது patiṉoṉṟāvatu, பதினொன்றாம் patiṉoṉṟām

eleventh in Bengali

ordinal form of eleven — see also 11th: একাদশ ekadoś

eleventh in Telugu

eleventh: పదకొండవ padakoṇḍava, పదకొండో padakoṇḍō, పదునొకండవ padunokaṇḍava

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eleventh in Malayalam: പതിനൊന്നാം patinonnāṁ, പതിനൊന്നാമത്തെ patinonnāmatte
eleventh in Kannada: ಹನ್ನೊಂದನೇ, ಹನ್ನೊಂದನೇಯದು, ಹನ್ನೊಂದನೇಯವರು
eleventh in Punjabi: ਗਿਆਰਵਾਂ, ਗਿਆਰਵੀਂ
eleventh in Gujarati: અગિયારમું agiyārmũ
eleventh in Odia: ଏଗାରୋତମ
eleventh in Sanskrit: एकादश ekādaśá
eleventh in Tagalog: pang-labing-isa, ika-labing-isa
eleventh in Arabic: حَادِيَ عَشَرَ ḥādiya ʕašara, حَادِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ ḥādiyata ʕašrata
eleventh in Malay: kesebelas
eleventh in Persian: یازدهم yâzdahom
eleventh in Thai: ที่สิบเอ็ด tîi-sìp-èt
eleventh in Myanmar: ဧကာဒသမ ekada.sa.ma.

Examples of eleventh in a sentence

String theory denies the existence of a hypothetical eleventh dimension.
On Frank’s eleventh birthday, Dad bought his son a huge race-car set.
The eleventh step is conversion of deoxygeniposidic acid to geniposidic acid, which involves hydroxylation reaction.

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Synonyms of eleventh

Forms of eleventh

plural	elevenths

Origin of eleventh

From Middle English elleventhe, from elleven + -the, equivalent to eleven + -th. This re-formation replaced inherited forms such as ellefte, enlefte, from Old English endlefta, from Proto-Germanic *ainaliftô.

Words formed from eleventh

Phrases with eleventh

Questions about eleventh

What does eleventh mean?: Eleventh means the ordinal form of the number eleven.
What is eleventh in Hindi?: Eleventh in Hindi is ग्यारहवाँ (gyārahvā̃). See Eleventh meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is eleventh?: Eleventh can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce eleventh?: Eleventh is pronounced /ɪˈlɛv.ənθ/ (UK).

Words near eleventh in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: eleventh (page history and authors); పదకొండవ (Telugu) (page history and authors); eleventh (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); eleventh (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); eleventh (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); एकादश (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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