eleven

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one
  2. noun a team that plays football
  3. adjective being one more than ten

Etymology

From Middle English elleven, enleven, eleven, from Old English endleofan; from Proto-Germanic *ainalif (“one left”) (i.e., one left over after having already counted to ten), a compound of *ainaz and *-lif, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, remain”). Compare West Frisian alve, Low German ölven, Dutch elf, German elf, Icelandic ellefu, Danish and Norwegian elleve.

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Synonyms

11, XI

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