eleventh

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eleventh

  • /ɪˈlɛv.ənθ/ UK
  • /ɪˈlɛv.ənθ/ US
  • /iˈlɛv.ənθ/ US
  • /əˈlɛv.ənθ/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English elleventhe, from elleven + -the, equivalent to eleven + -th. This re-formation replaced inherited forms such as ellefte, enlefte, from Old English endlefta, from Proto-Germanic *ainaliftô.

adjective

  1. not comparable The ordinal form of the number eleven. 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.

    Similar: 11th, XIth, XI

noun elevenths

  1. The person or thing in the eleventh position.
  2. One of eleven equal parts of a whole.
  3. The note eleven scale degrees from the root of a chord.

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Closest in meaning: ordinal, ninth, tenth, ounce, final, latter, last, twelfth, xie, xii, xiv, xith, xi, eleventeenth, thirteenth, seventh

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adj ordinal form of eleven — see also 11th

Españolundécimo, decimoprimero
한국어열한째 yeolhanjjae
Portuguêsdécimo primeiro
Françaisonzième, onze
Deutschelfte, elfter
Italianoundicesimo, undicesima
Ελληνικάενδέκατος endékatos
Românăunsprezecelea, unșpelea
Русскийоди́ннадцатый odínnadcatyj
العربيةحَادِيَ عَشَرَ ḥādiya ʕašara, حَادِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ ḥādiyata ʕašrata
עבריתאחד עשר

noun something in the eleventh position

Españolundécimo, undécima
हिन्दीग्यारहवाँ gyārahvā̃
Portuguêsundécimo
Françaisonzième
Italianoundicesimo, undicesima
Românăal unsprezecelea, a unsprezecea

noun one of eleven equal parts of a whole

Españolundécimo, onceavo
हिन्दीग्यारहवाँ gyārahvā̃
Portuguêsundécimo
Françaisonzième
Italianoundicesimo
Românăunsprezecime, a unsprezecea parte
Русскийодиннадцатая

noun the note eleven scale degrees from the root of a chord

日本語十一度 jūichido
Românăundecimă

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@misc{eleventh_2026,
  title = {eleventh},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eleventh},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}