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e·lev·en 
[i-lev-uhn] Pronunciation Key
[i-lev-uhn] Pronunciation Key –noun
–adjective
| 1. | a cardinal number, ten plus one. |
| 2. | a symbol for this number, as 11 or XI. |
| 3. | a set of this many persons or things, as a football team. |
| 4. | amounting to eleven in number. |
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| e·lev·en
(ĭ-lěv'ən) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English elleven, from Old English endleofan; see oi-no- in Indo-European roots.] e·lev'en adj. & pron. Word History: The decimal system of counting is well established in the English names for numbers. Both the suffix -teen (as in fourteen) and the suffix -ty (as in forty) are related to the word ten. But what about the anomalous eleven and twelve? Why do we not say oneteen, twoteen along the same pattern as thirteen, fourteen, fifteen? Eleven in Old English is endleofan, and related forms in the various Germanic languages point back to an original Germanic *ainlif, "eleven." *Ainlif is composed of *ain-, "one," the same as our one, and the suffix *-lif from the Germanic root *lib-, "to adhere, remain, remain left over." Thus, eleven is literally "one-left" (over, that is, past ten), and twelve is "two-left" (over past ten). |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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eleven
O.E. endleofan, lit. "one left" (over ten), from P.Gmc. *ainlif- (cf. Goth. ain-lif), a compound of *ain "one" + PIE *leikw- "leave, remain" (cf. Gk. leipein "to leave behind;" see relinquish). Viking survivors who escaped an Anglo-Saxon victory were daroþa laf "the leavings of spears," while hamora laf "the leavings of hammers" was an O.E. kenning for "swords" (both from "The Battle of Brunanburgh"). Eng. twelve reflects the same formation; outside Gmc. the only instance of this formation is in Lith., which uses it all the way to 19 (vienio-lika "eleven," dvy-lika "twelve," try-lika "thirteen," keturio-lika "fourteen," etc.) Phrase eleventh hour is from Matthew xx:1-16.
FIREFLY: Give me a number from 1 to 10.
CHICOLINI: eleven!
FIREFLY: Right!
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| eleven | |
adjective | |
| 1. | being one more than ten |
noun | |
| 1. | the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one |
| 2. | a team that plays football [syn: football team] |
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Eleven Mile Corn, AZ Zip code(s): 85222
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Eleven
E*lev"en\ ([-e]*l[e^]v"'n), a. [OE. enleven, AS. endleofan, endlufon, for nleofan; akin to LG. eleve, ["o]lwe, ["o]lwen, D. elf, G. elf, eilf, OHG. einlif, Icel. ellifu, Sw. elfva, Dan. elleve, Goth. ainlif, cf. Lith. v["e]nolika; and fr. the root of E. one + (prob.) a root signifying "to be left over, remain," appearing in E. loan, or perh. in leave, v. t., life. See One, and cf. Twelve.] Ten and one added; as, eleven men.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Eleven
E*lev"en\, n. 1. The sum of ten and one; eleven units or objects. 2. A symbol representing eleven units, as 11 or xi. 3. (Cricket & American Football) The eleven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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