eleventh
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English
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| Cardinal: eleven Ordinal: eleventh 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
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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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