eleven

English

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Alternative forms

• Arabic numerals: 11
• Roman numerals: XI

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɪˈlɛv.ən/, /əˈlɛv.ən/, X-SAMPA: /I"lEv@n/, /@"lEv@n/
• (US) IPA: /ɪˈlɛv.ən/, /iˈlɛv.ən/, /əˈlɛv.ən/, X-SAMPA: /I"lEv@n/, /i"lEv@n/, /@"lEv@n/

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• Rhymes: -ɛvən
• Rhymes: -ɛvɪn

Cardinal numeral

eleven

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

Derived terms

• elevenses, eleventh, eleventeen, eleventy

Related terms

• onety-one,

Translations

the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve

• Afrikaans: elf (af)
• Albanian: njëmbëdhjetë (sq)
• Amharic: አስራአንድ (am) (asra ant)
• Arabic: احدى عشر (ar) (’éħda ʕáshar), (numeral) ١١ (ar)

  Egyptian Arabic: حداشر (Hidaashar)

• Aramaic:

  Hebrew: חדעסר (khda‘sar) m, חדעסרא (khda‘esrē) f

  Syriac: ܚܕܥܣܪ (khda‘sar) m, ܚܕܥܣܪܐ (khda‘esrē) f

• Armenian: տասնմեկ (hy) (tasnmek) 
• Aymara: tunka mayani (ay)
• Azeri: on bir (az)
• Basque: hamaika (eu)
• Bengali: এগারো (bn) (egaro) (numeral: ১১)
• Breton: unnek (br)
• Bulgarian: единадесет (bg) (edinadeset)
• Burmese: ဆယ့်တစ် (my) (hsè.tit)
• Catalan: onze (ca)
• Chechen: цхьайтта (cxhaytta)
• Cherokee: ᏌᏚᎢ (chr) (sadui)
• Chichewa: khumi n'chimodzi
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 十一 (cmn) (shíyī), (numeral) 拾壹 (cmn)

• Corsican: òndeci
• Czech: jedenáct (cs)
• Dalmatian: jonco
• Danish: elleve (da)
• Dena'ina: ts'ełq'i beq'di
• Dutch: elf (nl)
• Esperanto: dek unu (eo)
• Estonian: üksteist (et)
• Faroese: ellivu (fo)
• Finnish: yksitoista (fi)
• French: onze (fr)
• Friulian: undis
• Galician: once (gl)
• Garifuna: ûnsu
• Georgian: თერთმეტი (ka) (t’ert’meti) 
• German: elf (de)
• Gilbertese: tebwi ma teuana
• Greek: έντεκα (el) (éndeka) 
• Greenlandic: aqqanillit (kl)
• Guernésiais: aonze
• Gujarati: અગિયાર (gu) (agiyāra)
• Haitian Creole: onz
• Hebrew: אַחַת־עֶשְׂרֵה (he) f (used in counting), אַחַד־עָשָׂר (he) (akhad asar) m
• Hindi: ग्यारह (hi) (gyārah) (numeral: ११)
• Hopi: pakwt niikyang suk siikya’ta
• Hungarian: tizenegy (hu)
• Icelandic: ellefu (is)
• Indonesian: sebelas (id)
• Interlingua: dece-un (ia), undece (ia)
• Irish: aon déag (ga)
• Italian: undici (it)
• Japanese: 十一 (ja) (じゅういち, jū-ichi)
• Javanese: sewelas (jv), setunggal welas (jv)
• Kannada: ಹನ್ನೊಂದು (kn) (hannondu)
• Khmer: ដប់‌មួយ (km) (dop muoy), (numeral) ១១

• Korean: 열하나 (ko) (yeolhana), 11 (sipil)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: yazde (ku)

• Lao: ສິບເອັດ (lo) (sip-'et) (numeral: ໑໑)
• Latgalian: vīnpadsmit
• Latin: ūndecim (la)
• Latvian: vienpadsmit (lv)
• Lithuanian: vienuolika (lt) f
• Livonian: ikštuoistõn
• Low German: ölven (nds), elven (nds)
• Macedonian: единаесет (mk) (edináeset)
• Malay: sebelas (ms), satu belas (ms), sepuluh satu (ms), satu puluh satu (ms)
• Malayalam: പതിനൊന്ന് (ml)
• Maltese: ħdax (mt)
• Manchu: ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᡝᠮᡠ (juwan emu)
• Mansi: аквахуйплов (akwaxujplow)
• Manx: nane jeig (gv), unnanejeig (gv)
• Marathi: अकरा (mr) (akaraa)
• Mongolian: арван нэг (mn) (arvan neg)  (numeral: ᠑᠑)
• Nauruan: ata ma aiquen (na)
• Navajo: łaʼtsʼáadah
• Norwegian: elleve (no)
• Novial: dek-un
• Occitan: onze (oc)
• Ojibwe: ashi-bezhig
• Old Armenian: մետասան (metasan)
• Oriya: ଏଗାର (or)
• Persian: یازده (fa) (yāzdah)
• Polish: jedenaście (pl)
• Portuguese: onze (pt)
• Punjabi: ਗਿਆਰਾਂ (pa) (giārāṅ) (numeral: ੧੧)
• Romanian: unsprezece (ro), (informal) unșpe (ro)
• Romansch: indesch (rm)
• Russian: одиннадцать (ru) (odínnadtsat’) 
• Sanskrit: एकादश (sa) (ékaadashan)
• Sardinian: úndagi (sc)
• Scottish Gaelic: aon (gd) deug (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: једа̀нае̄ст (sh)

  Roman: jedànaēst (sh)

• Sinhalese: එකොළහ (si) (ekolaha)
• Slovak: jedenásť (sk)
• Slovene: enájst (sl)
• Spanish: once (es)
• Swedish: elva (sv)
• Tagalog: labing-isa (tl)
• Tamil: பதினோரு (ta) (patiṉōru)
• Telugu: పదకొండు (te), ౧౧ (te) (numeral)
• Thai: สิบเอ็ด (th) (sìpèt), ๑๑ (th) (numeral)
• Tibetan: བཅུ་གཅིག (bo) (bcu gcig)
• Turkish: on bir (tr)
• Urdu: گیارہ (ur) (gyaarah)
• Volapük: degbal (vo)
• Welsh: (vigesimal, traditional) unarddeg (cy), (decimal) un deg un (cy)
• West Frisian: alve (fy)
• Yiddish: עלף (yi) (elf)
• Zazaki: yewndes
• Zuni: asdemłan doba yałdo'

See also

• Last: ten. Next: twelve

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!

Synonyms

• (sarcastic substitution for !): one, 1

See also

Appendix:English collective nouns

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Danish

Noun

eleven c

1. singular definite of elev

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛlɛvɛn/
• Hyphenation: ele‧ven

Adjective

eleven (comparative elevenebb, superlative legelevenebb)

1. alive
2. lively

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Norwegian

Noun

eleven m

1. singular definite of elev

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Spanish

Verb

eleven (infinitive elevar)

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.

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Swedish

Noun

eleven

1. definite singular of elev

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English eleven.

Numeral

eleven

1. eleven

Usage notes

Used when counting; see also wanpela ten wan.