eleven

English
English numbers (edit)
 ←  10 11 12  → 
    Cardinal: eleven
    Ordinal: eleventh
    Multiplier: elevenfold

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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

Numeral

eleven

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

Derived terms

Translations

See also

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.
  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, (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 form of elevar

Danish

Noun

eleven c

  1. definite singular of elev

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of the present participle élő (“living”).[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. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

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. 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.

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