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Webster 1913 Edition

Eleven

E-lev′en

(ē̍-lĕv′’n)
,
Adj.
[OE.
enleven
, AS.
endleofan
,
endlufon
, for
nleofan
; akin to LG.
eleve
,
ölwe
,
ölwen
, D.
elf
, G.
elf
,
eilf
, OHG.
einlif
, Icel.
ellifu
, Sw.
elfva
, Dan.
elleve
, Goth.
ainlif
, cf. Lith.
vënolika
; and fr. the root of E.
one
+ (prob.) a root signifying “to be left over, remain,” appearing in E.
loan
, or perh. in
leave
, v. t.,
life
. See
One
, and cf.
Twelve
.]
Ten and one added;
as,
eleven
men
.

E-lev′en

,
Noun.
1.
The sum of ten and one; eleven units or objects.
2.
A symbol representing eleven units, as 11 or xi.
3.
(Cricket & American Football)
The eleven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a club or a locality;
as, the all-England
eleven
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Eleven

ELEV'EN

,
Adj.
elev'n. Ten and one added; as eleven men.

Definition 2025

eleven

eleven

English

English numbers
 <  10 11 12  > 
    Cardinal : eleven
    Ordinal : eleventh
    Multiplier : elevenfold

Alternative forms

Numeral

eleven

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

Noun

eleven ‎(plural elevens)

  1. (cricket) A cricket team of eleven players.
  2. (soccer) A football team of eleven players.
  3. (Internet, slang, sarcastic) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, imitating n00bs who forget 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, (chiefly) a physically attractive person.
    2. A very high level of intensity.

Synonyms

  • (sarcastic substitution for !): one, 1

See also

  • Appendix:English collective nouns

Catalan

Verb

eleven

  1. third-person plural present indicative form of elevar

Danish

Noun

eleven c

  1. definite singular of elev

Hungarian

Etymology

A lexicalized inflected form of the present participle élő ‎(“live”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlɛvɛn]
  • Hyphenation: ele‧ven

Adjective

eleven (comparative elevenebb, superlative legelevenebb)

  1. alive
  2. lively

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative eleven elevenek
accusative elevent eleveneket
dative elevennek eleveneknek
instrumental elevennel elevenekkel
causal-final elevenért elevenekért
translative elevenné elevenekké
terminative elevenig elevenekig
essive-formal elevenként elevenekként
essive-modal — —
inessive elevenben elevenekben
superessive elevenen eleveneken
adessive elevennél eleveneknél
illative elevenbe elevenekbe
sublative elevenre elevenekre
allative elevenhez elevenekhez
elative elevenből elevenekből
delative elevenről elevenekről
ablative eleventől elevenektől

Derived terms

  • elevenedik
  • elevenít
  • elevenség
  • elevenül

References

  1. ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

eleven m

  1. definite singular of elev

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

eleven m

  1. definite singular of elev

Spanish

Verb

eleven

  1. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present subjunctive form of elevar.
  2. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of elevar.
  3. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural present subjunctive form of elevar.

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.

Etymology

From Middle English enleven, elleven, eleven, from Old English endleofan; from Proto-Germanic *ainalif ‎(“one left”), a compound of *ainaz and *lif-, from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- ‎(“leave, remain”). Compare West Frisian alve, Dutch elf, German elf, Danish elleve.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈlɛv.ən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɪˈlɛv.ən/, /iˈlɛv.ən/, /əˈlɛv.ən/
  • Rhymes: -ɛvən

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