eleventh
English
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| Cardinal: eleven Ordinal: eleventh Abbreviated ordinal: 11th Latinate ordinal: undecimary Adverbial: eleven times Multiplier: elevenfold Latinate multiplier: undecuple Germanic collective: elevensome Greek or Latinate collective: hendecad Greek collective prefix: hendeca- Latinate collective prefix: undeca- Fractional: eleventh Number of musicians: undecet | ||
Etymology
From Middle English elleventhe, from elleven + -the, equivalent to eleven + -th. This re-formation replaced inherited forms such as endleft, ellefthe, from Old English endlefta, from Proto-Germanic *ainaliftô.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈlɛv.ənθ/
- (US) IPA(key): /iˈlɛv.ənθ/, /əˈlɛv.ənθ/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: e‧lev‧enth
Adjective
eleventh (not comparable)
- The ordinal form of the number eleven.
- 2024 October 22, Brandon J. Weichert, “Trumpmentum Is Real: Can He Win?”, in The National Interest[1]:
- Anyway, Trumpmentum is real. It is going to define the election. Further, Trumpmentum might edge out Harris at the eleventh hour—which is when it counts most.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
ordinal form of eleven — see also 11th
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Noun
eleventh (plural elevenths)
- The person or thing in the eleventh position.
- One of eleven equal parts of a whole.
- (music) The note eleven scale degrees from the root of a chord.
Translations
something in the eleventh position
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one of eleven equal parts of a whole
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