eleven

A1 Topic:Numbers & Quantity

US /əˈlɛvən/ UK /ɪˈlɛvən/ See IPA manual

Freq #4870

Meanings

1

num
The number 11, one more than ten.

There are eleven players on a soccer team.
2

noun
A sports team of eleven players, especially in football or cricket.

He earned a place in the school's first eleven.

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2 noun · a sports team of eleven... football team

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Forms elevens

Derived forms eleven-dimensionaleleven-plus

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.

*leyp- Proto-Indo-European elleven Middle English endleofan Old English *ainalif Proto-Germanic

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# eleven

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** num, noun
**IPA (US):** /əˈlɛvən/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪˈlɛvən/
**Frequency rank:** 4870

## Meanings
1. The number 11, one more than ten.
2. A sports team of eleven players, especially in football or cricket.

## Examples
- There are eleven players on a soccer team.
- He earned a place in the school's first eleven.

## Derived Forms
- eleven-dimensional
- eleven-plus

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *leyp-
- Root: elleven
- Root: endleofan
- Root: *ainalif

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Eleven comes 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.

## Topics
- Numbers & Quantity

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