eleven

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Translingual

Alternative forms

• Eleven, ELEVEN

Etymology

Borrowed from English eleven.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iˈlɛvn]

Noun

eleven

1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony code for 11, used only with o'clock to indicate direction

English

Alternative forms

• Arabic numerals: 11
• Roman numerals: XI

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪˈlɛvən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈlɛv.ən/, /iˈlɛvən/
• (India) IPA^(key): /lɛvən/, /iˈlɛvən/
• (casually also) IPA^(key): [ɪˈlɛbm̩]
• Rhymes: -ɛvən

Numeral

eleven

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

Derived terms

Related terms

• onety-one

Translations

See also

• Last: ten. Next: twelve

Noun

eleven (plural elevens)

1. (cricket) 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. (soccer) A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.
3. (Internet, slang, sarcastic) Deliberate misspelling of !!. Used to amplify an exclamation, imitating someone who forgets to press the shift key while typing exclamation points.

   A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?!

   B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!

4. (countable, US, slang) A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten.
   1. An exceptional specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
   2. A very high level of intensity.

Synonyms

• (sarcastic substitution for !): one, 1

Derived terms

See also

• Appendix:English collective nouns

Catalan

Verb

eleven

1. third-person plural present indicative of elevar

Danish

Noun

eleven c

1. definite singular of elev

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of the obsolete form of the present participle élő (“living”), originally an adverb, compare hirtelen, meztelen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛlɛvɛn]
• Hyphenation: ele‧ven
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Adjective

eleven (comparative elevenebb, superlative legelevenebb)

1. (literary or archaic) alive

   Synonym: élő

2. lively

   Synonyms: élénk, fürge

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• eleven in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• eleven in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Middle English

Numeral

eleven

1. Alternative form of elleven

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

eleven m

1. definite singular of elev

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

eleven m

1. definite singular of elev

Spanish

Verb

eleven

1. inflection of elevar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Swedish

Noun

eleven

1. definite singular of elev

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English eleven.

Numeral

eleven

1. eleven

Usage notes

Used when counting; see also wanpela ten wan.

Coordinate terms