XI
See also: Appendix:Variations of "xi"
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Translingual
Alternative forms
- xi
- XJ, xj (obsolete)
- VVI, vvi, VVJ, vvj (nonstandard)
- XI. (ordinal number)
Number
XI
- Roman numeral eleven (11).
- (especially in the names of aristocracy) the eleventh.
- November.
Coordinate terms
Descendants
- → English: XI
English
Etymology
From translingual XI (“eleven”, Roman numeral).
Pronunciation
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Noun
XI (plural XIs)
- (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.
- (cricket) A cricket team of eleven players.