Eleven

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ɪˈlÉ›v.É™n/, /əˈlÉ›v.É™n/
• US IPA: /ɪˈlÉ›v.É™n/, /iˈlÉ›v.É™n/, /əˈlÉ›v.É™n/
• Rhymes: -É›vÉ™n
• Rhymes: -É›vɪn

Alternative forms

• Arabic numerals: 11
• Roman numerals: XI

Origin

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.

Numeral

numeral

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,

Full definition of eleven

Noun

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