English Explanatory Dictionary

eleventh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. The ordinal form of the number eleven.
noun
  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.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈlɛv.ənθ/ /iˈlɛv.ənθ/ /əˈlɛv.ənθ/ en-us-eleventh.ogg

Word forms

eleventh elevenths

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

11th XIth XI

Derived words

eleventh commandment eleventh cranial nerve eleventh grade eleventh grader eleventh-hour eleventh hour eleventhly September eleventh
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