eleven

Translingual

Etymology

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
English numbers (edit)
110
 ←  10 11 12  → 
    Cardinal: eleven
    Ordinal: eleventh
    Latinate ordinal: undecimary
    Adverbial: eleven times
    Multiplier: elevenfold
    Latinate multiplier: undecuple
    Group collective: elevensome
    Greek or Latinate collective: hendecad
    Greek collective prefix: hendeca-
    Latinate collective prefix: undeca-
    Fractional: eleventh
    Greek prefix: endecato-
    Number of musicians: undecet

Alternative forms

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/
  • (casually also) IPA(key): [ɪˈlɛbm̩]
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • 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; 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”),[1] originally an adverb, compare hirtelen, meztelen.[2]

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
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
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 elevené eleveneké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 elevenéi elevenekéi

Derived terms
  • elevenedik → megelevenedik
  • (elevenít →) megelevenít, felelevenít
  • elevenség
  • elevenül

References
  1. eleven in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. eleven in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations

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 Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). 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
Tok Pisin numbers (edit)
 ←  10 11 12  → 
    Cardinal: eleven

Etymology

From English eleven.

Numeral

eleven

  1. eleven

Usage notes

Used when counting; see also wanpela ten wan.

Coordinate terms
Tok Pisin cardinal numbers from 1 to 99
—0 —1 —2 —3 —4 —5 —6 —7 —8 —9
0— —wantutrifoafaivsikissevenetnain
1— teneleventwelvtetinfotinfiftinsikistinseventinetinnaintin
2— twentitupela ten wantupela ten tutupela ten tritupela ten foatupela ten faivtupela ten sikistupela ten seventupela ten ettupela ten nain
3— tetitripela ten wantripela ten tutripela ten tritripela ten foatripela ten faivtripela ten sikistripela ten seventripela ten ettripela ten nain
4— fotifopela ten wanfopela ten tufopela ten trifopela ten foafopela ten faivfopela ten sikisfopela ten sevenfopela ten etfopela ten nain
5— fiftifaivpela ten wanfaivpela ten tufaivpela ten trifaivpela ten foafaivpela ten faivfaivpela ten sikisfaivpela ten sevenfaivpela ten etfaivpela ten nain
6— sikistisikispela ten wansikispela ten tusikispela ten trisikispela ten foasikispela ten faivsikispela ten sikissikispela ten sevensikispela ten etsikispela ten nain
7— seventisevenpela ten wansevenpela ten tusevenpela ten trisevenpela ten foasevenpela ten faivsevenpela ten sikissevenpela ten sevensevenpela ten etsevenpela ten nain
8— etietpela ten wanetpela ten tuetpela ten trietpela ten foaetpela ten faivetpela ten sikisetpela ten sevenetpela ten etetpela ten nain
9— naintinainpela ten wannainpela ten tunainpela ten trinainpela ten foanainpela ten faivnainpela ten sikisnainpela ten sevennainpela ten etnainpela ten nain
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