Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ís?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Germanic *ainaz
Proto-Indo-European *leyp-
Proto-Germanic *lībaną
Proto-Germanic *-lif
Proto-Germanic *ainalif
Proto-West Germanic *ainalif
Proto-West Germanic *ainalifun
Old English endleofan
Middle English elleven
English eleven
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.
Meanings
A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc.
A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.
Sneeze is well known by all followers of U. of D. athletics for his great work at halfback on the Flyers' eleven for the past four seasons [...] 1926, J. Conoboy, “Walter Achiu: Chinese-Hawaiian Athlete Will Be Leader of Flyers On Cinder Path This Year”, in The Dayton Herald, page 21:
(Internet, alt-of, deliberate, misspelling, sarcastic, slang) Deliberate misspelling of !!, used to amplify an exclamation, imitating someone who forgets to press the shift key while typing exclamation points.
B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!
A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?!
(US, countable, slang) A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten. ▸ An exceptional specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
(US, countable, slang) A number off the charts of a hypothetical scale of one to ten. ▸ A very high level of intensity.
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ís?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Germanic *ainaz
Proto-Indo-European *leyp-
Proto-Germanic *lībaną
Proto-Germanic *-lif
Proto-Germanic *ainalif
Proto-West Germanic *ainalif
Proto-West Germanic *ainalifun
Old English endleofan
Middle English elleven
English eleven
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.
Meanings
The cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve. Represented as 11 in Arabic digits.
I know most girls say that they've known their bezzies since they started primary school together, bonding over handmade Mother's Day cards or a hatred of the egg-and-spoon race, but I've only known Taryn since I was eleven[…] 2011, Helen Bailey, Knowing Me, Knowing You:
It was a thunderstormy morning, eleven o'clock, with great dashes of rain pounding against the windows. 1973, Jane Roberts, The education of Oversoul Seven, page 8:
It was also a work of fiction in which another work of fiction (Gulliver's Travels) was real; that Chinese box of an idea is wonderful to discover when you're eleven. 2014, Terry Pratchett, A Slip of the Keyboard, page 169:
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ten and before twelve) · ltg vīnpadsmit (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · yo mọ́kànlá (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · chk engon me eu (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · sa एकादश (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · lo ສິບເອັດ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · cu єдинъ на дєсѧтє (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · yi עלף (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · te పదకొండు (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · jje 십일 (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · la ūndecim (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ny khumi n'chimodzi (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · tpi wanpela ten wan (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · he אַחַת־עֶשְׂרֵה (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · mfe onz (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · lij ùnze (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · csm kéŋheṭija·ky- (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · fr onze (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · egl ónnɡ’ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · zza yewndes (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · rm ündesch (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · jv sewelas (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · hrx ellef (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · wa onze (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ksw တဆံတၢ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ia undece (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · sc úndagi (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ast once (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · jv setunggal welas (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · izh ykstoist (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · vec ondexe (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · cy un deg un (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · oc onze (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · na ata ma aiquen (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · kxd sabalas (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ik qulit atausiq (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · mi tekau mā tahi (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ia dece-un (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · esu qula atauciq (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · igl ẹ̀gwákáà (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · lut ʔulub ʔi kʷi dəč̓uʔ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ps يوولس (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · bg едина́йсет (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · sq njëmbëdhjetë (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · bn এগারো (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · khb ᦉᦲᧇᦵᦀᧆ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · tig ዐስር ወሐቴ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · sk jedenásť (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · rcf onz (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ro unșpe (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ro unsprezece (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · am አስራ አንድ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · tig ዐስር ወዎሮት (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · sl enájst (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · tr on bir (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · lkt akéwaŋží (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · rom deśujekh (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · aii ܚܕܲܥܸܣܪܹܐ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · za cib it (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ms sebelas (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · yo oókànlá (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · hi एकादश (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · yua buluk (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · dlm jonco (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · gd a h-aon-deug (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · cic awa chaffa (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ar إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · cmn 拾壹 (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · id sebelas (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ms satu belas (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · da elleve (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · pt onze (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · arz حداشر (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · de elf (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · si එකොළහ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · lb elef (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · mnc ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᡝᠮᡠ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · fo ellivu (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · rue єдена́дцить (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · gil tebwi ma teuana (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · mn ᠑᠑) (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ms satu puluh satu (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · it undici (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · lv vienpadsmit (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · cic pokkó'li awa chaffa (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · my ဆယ့်တစ် (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · rsk єденац (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ckb یانزە (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · pam labing metung (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · th สิบเอ็ด (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · dsb jadnasćo (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · kl aqqanillit (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · hu tizenegy (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ay tunka mayani (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · cmn 十一 (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ht onz (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · pa ਗਿਆਰਾਂ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · eo dek unu (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ca onze (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · zun asdemłan doba yałdo' (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · arc ܚܕܥܣܪܐ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · non ellifu (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · uk одина́дцять (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · nci mahtlāctli oncē (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · mi ngahuru mā tahi (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · sah уон биир (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · oj ashi-bezhig (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · lt vienuolika (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · be адзі́наццаць (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · arc חדעסרא (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · sat ᱜᱮᱞ ᱢᱤᱫ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ko 일레븐 (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · grc ια΄ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · nds elven (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · gv unnanejeig (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · krl yksitostu (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · bg едина́десет (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · frr elev (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · jje 열ᄒᆞ나 (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · es once (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · mg iraika ambinifolo (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · io dek-e-un (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · vec undexe (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ka თერთმეტი (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · arc ܚܕܥܣܪ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · cy un ar ddeg (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · sco eleeven (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · co òndeci (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · pl jedenaście. jedenaścioro (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ist ondaze (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · grc ἕνδεκα (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · bo བཅུ་གཅིག (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · rsk єденацецеро (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · koi дасӧтік (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · srn erfu (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · se oktanuppelohkái (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · hsb jědnaće (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · win hižąkirašąną (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · yao likumi kwisa mo (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · he אַחַד־עָשָׂר (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · eu hamaika (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · to hongofulu mā taha (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · tr artığın (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · fj tini ka dua (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · yue 十一 (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · nds ölven (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · gv nane jeig (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ain sine ikasima wan (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · kix tshìekǖtsàk (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · kw unnek (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ko 열하나 (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · mr अकरा (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · hak 十一 (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ml പതിനൊന്ന് (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · hop pakwt niikyang suk siikya’ta (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · nv łaʼtsʼáadah (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ur گیارہ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · te ౧౧ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ug ئون بىر (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ru оди́ннадцать (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ko 십일 (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ang endleofan (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ms sepuluh satu (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ky он бир (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · fur undis (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · uz oʻn bir (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · fy alve (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ceb napulog usa (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · gl once (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · got 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌻𐌹𐍆 (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · rgn unṣ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · cv вунпӗрре (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · nl elf (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ar ١١ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · yo ọ̀kànlá (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · af elf (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · bua арбан нэгэн (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · mk единаесет (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · sh jedànaēst (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · sms õtmlo (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · enm elleven (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · pms óndes (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · vo degbal (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · kn ಹನ್ನೊಂದು (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · lb älef (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · kmr yazde (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · sv elva (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · qu chunka hukniyuq (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · aii ܚܲܕܸܥܣܲܪ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · rsk єденацме (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · no elleve (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · sw kumi na moja (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ist ondase (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · rgn ung (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · fi yksitoista (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · mnw စှ်မွဲ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · et üksteist (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · tl labing-isa (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · vo balsebal (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · nrf aonze (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · lmo vundes (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · as এঘাৰঃ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · rhg egaro (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ba ун бер (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · is ellefu (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · mn арван нэг (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · cab ûnsu (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · smn ohtnubáloh (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · zdj kume na mwedja (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · tg ёздаҳ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · tpi eleven (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · cs jedenáct (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · pdc elf (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · dz བཅུ་གཅིག (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ta பதினொன்று (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · dv އެގަރަ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · fa یازده (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · sma luhkie akte (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ne एघार (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · mt ħdax (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · dtp hopod om iso (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · wo fukk ak benn (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ja 十一 (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ga aon déag (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · liv ikštuoistõn (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · lou onz (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · he עַשְׁתֵּי עָשָׂר (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · acw إحدعش (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ti ዓሰርተ ሓደ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · rm indesch (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · he עַשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · alt он бир (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · nah matlactli once (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · mn ᠠᠷᠪᠠᠨ ᠨᠢᠭᠡ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · gd aon-deug (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ar أَحَد عَشَر (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · az on bir (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · el έντεκα (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ty hō'ē 'ahuru ma hō'ē (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · tk on bir (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · ja イレブン (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · shn သိပ်းဢဵတ်း (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · gu અગિયાર (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · pms ùndes (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · tfn ts'ełq'i beq'di (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · hy տասնմեկ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · km ដប់មួយ (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · kk он бір (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · crh on bir (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve) · haw ʻumikūmākahi (the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve)