XI

See also: Appendix:Variations of "xi"

Ⅺ U+216A, Ⅺ ROMAN NUMERAL ELEVEN ← Ⅹ [U+2169] Number Forms Ⅻ → [U+216B]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• VVI, xi, xj, vvi, vvj
• XI. (ordinal number)

Number

XI

1. Roman numeral eleven (11)
2. (especially in the names of aristocracy) the eleventh.

Coordinate terms

• Previous: X (10)
• Next: XII (12)

Descendants

• → English: XI

English

Etymology

From translingual XI (“eleven”, Roman numeral).

Pronunciation

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Noun

XI (plural XIs)

1. (soccer) A football (soccer) team of eleven players.
   • 2013 August 20, Louise Taylor, The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Not since Coventry in 1992 has a Premier League side kicked off a campaign with an all-English XI but things have reached the point where, of the 61 signings who have cost the elite division's 20 clubs a transfer fee this summer, only 12 have involved Englishmen.

2. (cricket) A cricket team of eleven players.

Anagrams

• Ix