XI

See also: Appendix:Variations of "xi"

U+216A, Ⅺ
ROMAN NUMERAL ELEVEN

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Translingual

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Number

XI

  1. Roman numeral eleven (11).
  2. (especially in the names of aristocracy) the eleventh.
  3. November.
    Comeronyms: I, i, 1; II, ii, 2; III, iii, 3; IV, iv, 4; V, v, 5; VI, vi, 6; VII, vii, 7; VIII, viii, 8; IX, ix, 9; X, x, 10; XII, xii, 12

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Descendants

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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.

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