English Online Dictionary. What means eleven? What does eleven mean?
Translingual
Alternative forms
- Eleven, ELEVEN
Etymology
Borrowed from English eleven.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [iˈlɛvn]
Noun
eleven
- (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
- The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.
Derived terms
- elevenness, elevenses, eleventh, eleventeen, eleventy
- more than eleven
- up to eleven
Related terms
- onety-one
Translations
See also
- Last: ten. Next: twelve
Noun
eleven (plural elevens)
- (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.
- (soccer) A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.
- (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!
- (countable, US, slang) A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten.
- An exceptional specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
- A very high level of intensity.
Synonyms
- (sarcastic substitution for !): one, 1
Derived terms
See also
- Appendix:English collective nouns
Catalan
Verb
eleven
- third-person plural present indicative of elevar
Danish
Noun
eleven c
- 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)
- (literary or archaic) alive
- Synonym: élő
- 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
- Alternative form of elleven
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
eleven m
- definite singular of elev
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
eleven m
- definite singular of elev
Spanish
Verb
eleven
- inflection of elevar:
- third-person plural present subjunctive
- third-person plural imperative
Swedish
Noun
eleven
- definite singular of elev
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English eleven.
Numeral
eleven
- eleven
Usage notes
Used when counting; see also wanpela ten wan.