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]
  • (file)
  • (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

  • elevenedikmegelevenedik
  • (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

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