eleven

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛv.ən/
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• General-American: /əˈlɛv.ən/
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• General-American: /i-/
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• [ɪˈlɛbm̩] casually also
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• rhymes with -ɛvən
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• CMU ARPABET: IH0 L EH1 V AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: IY1 L EH0 V AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

260 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: elf — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Ainu: sine ikasima wan — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Albanian: njëmbëdhjetë — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Southern Altai: он бир (on bir) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Amharic: አስራ አንድ (ʾäsra ʾänd) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Arabic: أَحَد عَشَر (ʔaḥad ʕašar) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Arabic: إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ (ʔiḥdā ʕašrata) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Arabic: ١١ — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Arabic: حداشر (ḥidāšar) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Arabic: إحدعش (ʔiḥdaʕaš) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܲܕܸܥܣܲܪ (ḳadiʿsar) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܕܲܥܸܣܪܹܐ (ḳdaʿisrē) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Aramaic: חדעסר (khda‘sar) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Aramaic: חדעסרא (khda‘esrē) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Aramaic: ܚܕܥܣܪ (khda‘sar) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Aramaic: ܚܕܥܣܪܐ (khda‘esrē) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Armenian: տասնմեկ (tasnmek) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Old Armenian: մետասան (metasan) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Assamese: এঘাৰঃ (egharoh) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Asturian: once — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Aymara: tunka mayani — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Azerbaijani: on bir — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Bashkir: ун бер (un ber) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Basque: hamaika — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Belarusian: адзі́наццаць (adzínaccacʹ) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Bengali: এগারো (egarō) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Central Bikol: kagsaro — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Breton: unnek — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Bulgarian: едина́десет (edinádeset) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Bulgarian: едина́йсет (edinájset) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Burmese: ဆယ့်တစ် (hcai.tac) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Buryat: арбан нэгэн (arban negen) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Carpathian Rusyn: єдена́дцить (jedenádcytʹ) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Catalan: onze — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Cebuano: napulog usa — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Chechen: цхьайтта (cḥrajtta) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Cherokee: ᏌᏚᎢ (sadui) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Chichewa: khumi n'chimodzi — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Chickasaw: awa chaffa — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Chickasaw: pokkó'li awa chaffa — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Chinese Cantonese: 十一 (sap6 jat1) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Hakka Chinese: 十一 (sṳ̍p-yit) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Chinese Mandarin: 十一 (shíyī) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Chinese Mandarin: 拾壹 — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Chuukese: engon me eu — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Chuvash: вунпӗрре (vunp̬ĕrre) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Chuvash: вунпӗр (vunp̬ĕr) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Ngazidja Comorian: kume na mwedja — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Corsican: òndeci — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Crimean Tatar: on bir — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Czech: jedenáct — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Dalmatian: jonco — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Danish: elleve — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Dena'ina: ts'ełq'i beq'di — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Dhivehi: އެގަރަ (egara) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Central Dusun: hopod om iso — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Dutch: elf — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Dzongkha: བཅུ་གཅིག (bcu gcig) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Esperanto: dek unu — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Estonian: üksteist — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Faroese: ellivu — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Fijian: tini ka dua — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Finnish: yksitoista — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• French: onze — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• North Frisian: elev — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• West-Frisian: alve — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Friulian: undis — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Galician: once — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Garifuna: ûnsu — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Georgian: თერთმეტი (tertmeṭi) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• German: elf — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Gilbertese: tebwi ma teuana — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌻𐌹𐍆 (ainlif) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Greek: έντεκα (énteka) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Ancient Greek: ἕνδεκα (héndeka) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Ancient Greek: ια ́ — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Greenlandic: aqqanillit — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Gujarati: અગિયાર (agiyār) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Haitian Creole: onz — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Hawaiian: ʻumikūmākahi — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Hebrew: אַחַת־עֶשְׂרֵה (akhat-esre) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Hebrew: אַחַד־עָשָׂר (akhad-asar) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Biblical Hebrew: עַשְׁתֵּי עָשָׂר (ʿashtē ʿasar) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Biblical Hebrew: עַשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה (ʿashtē ʿesrē) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Hindi: ग्यारह (gyārah) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Hindi: एकादश (ekādaś) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Hopi: pakwt niikyang suk siikya’ta — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Hungarian: tizenegy — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Hunsrik: ellef — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Icelandic: ellefu — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Ido: dek-e-un — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Igala: ẹ̀gwákáà — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Indonesian: sebelas — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Ingrian: ykstoist — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Interlingua: dece-un — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Interlingua: undece — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Inupiaq: qulit atausiq — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Irish: aon déag — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Istriot: ondaze — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Istriot: ondase — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Italian: undici — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Japanese: 十一 (jūichi) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Japanese: イレブン (irebun) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Javanese: sewelas — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Javanese: setunggal welas — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Jeju: 열ᄒᆞ나 (yeolhawna) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Jeju: 십일 (sibil) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Kannada: ಹನ್ನೊಂದು (hannondu) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Kapampangan: labing metung — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Karelian: yksitostu — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• S'gaw Karen: တဆံတၢ (ta hsee tuh) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Kazakh: он бір (on bır) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Khmer: ដប់មួយ (dɑp muəy) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Komi-Permyak: дасӧтік (dasötik) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Korean: 열하나 (yeolhana) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Korean: 십일 (sibil) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Korean: 일레븐 (illebeun) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Central Kurdish: یانزە (yanze) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Northern Kurdish: yazde — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Kyrgyz: он бир (on bir) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Lakota: akéwaŋží — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Lao: ສິບເອັດ (sip ē ʼat) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Latgalian: vīnpadsmit — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Latin: ūndecim — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Latvian: vienpadsmit — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Ligurian: ùnze — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Lithuanian: vienuolika — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Livonian: ikštuoistõn — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Lombard: vundes — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Louisiana Creole: onz — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Low German: ölven — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Low German: elven — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Lü: ᦉᦲᧇᦵᦀᧆ (ṡiib ̇ʼed) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Lushootseed: ʔulub ʔi kwi dəč̓uʔ — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Luxembourgish: älef — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Luxembourgish: elef — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Macedonian: единаесет (edinaeset) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Malagasy: iraika ambinifolo — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Malay: sebelas — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Malay: satu belas — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Malay: sepuluh satu — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Malay: satu puluh satu — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Brunei Malay: sabalas — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Malayalam: പതിനൊന്ന് (patinonnŭ) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Maltese: ħdax — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Manchu: ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᡝᠮᡠ (juwan emu) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Manx: nane jeig — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Manx: unnanejeig — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Māori: ngahuru mā tahi — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Māori: tekau mā tahi — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Marathi: अकरा (akrā) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Middle English: elleven — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Central Sierra Miwok: kéŋheṭija·ky- — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Mon: စှ်မွဲ — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Mongolian: арван нэг (arvan neg) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Mongolian: ᠠᠷᠪᠠᠨ ᠨᠢᠭᠡ (arban niɣe) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Mongolian: ᠑᠑) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Khiamniungan Naga: tshìekǖtsàk — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Nahuatl: matlactli once — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Classical Nahuatl: mahtlāctli oncē — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Nauruan: ata ma aiquen — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Navajo: łaʼtsʼáadah — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Nepali: एघार (eghāra) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Norman: aonze — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Norwegian: elleve — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Occitan: onze — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Odia: ଏଗାର (egāra) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Ojibwe: ashi-bezhig — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Old Church Slavonic: єдинъ на дєсѧтє (edinŭ na desęte) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Old English: endleofan — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Old Norse: ellifu — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Pannonian Rusyn: єденац (jedenac) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Pannonian Rusyn: єденацецеро (jedenacecero) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Pannonian Rusyn: єденацме (jedenacme) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Pashto: يوولس (yawolas) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Pennsylvania German: elf — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Persian: یازده (yâzdah) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Piedmontese: óndes — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Piedmontese: ùndes — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Polish: jedenaście. jedenaścioro — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Portuguese: onze — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Punjabi: ਗਿਆਰਾਂ (giārā̃) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Quechua: chunka hukniyuq — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Réunion Creole French: onz — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Rohingya: egaro — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Romagnol: unṣ — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Romagnol: ung — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Romani: deśujekh — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Kalo Finnish Romani: deȟ-o-iek — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Romanian: unsprezece — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Romanian: unșpe — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Romansh: indesch — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Romansh: ündesch — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Russian: оди́ннадцать (odínnadcatʹ) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Inari-Sami: ohtnubáloh — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Northern Sami: oktanuppelohkái — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Skolt-Sami: õtmlo — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Southern Sami: luhkie akte — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Samoan: sefulu tasi — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Sanskrit: एकादश (ekādaśa) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Santali: ᱜᱮᱞ ᱢᱤᱫ (gel mit’) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Sardinian: úndagi — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Scots: eleeven — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Scottish Gaelic: aon-deug — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Scottish Gaelic: a h-aon-deug — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Serbo-Croatian: једа̀нае̄ст — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Serbo-Croatian: jedànaēst — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Shan: သိပ်းဢဵတ်း (síp ʼáet) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Sinhalese: එකොළහ (ekoḷaha) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Slovak: jedenásť — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Slovene: enájst — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Lower Sorbian: jadnasćo — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Upper Sorbian: jědnaće — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Spanish: once — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Sranan Tongo: erfu — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Swahili: kumi na moja — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Swedish: elva — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Tagalog: labing-isa — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Tahitian: hō'ē 'ahuru ma hō'ē — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Tajik: ёздаҳ (yozdah) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Tamil: பதினொன்று (patiṉoṉṟu) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Tatar: унбер (unber) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Telugu: పదకొండు (padakoṇḍu) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Telugu: ౧౧ — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Thai: สิบเอ็ด (sìp-èt) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Tibetan: བཅུ་གཅིག (bcu gcig) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Tigre: ዐስር ወዎሮት (ʿäsr wäworot) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Tigre: ዐስር ወሐቴ (ʿäsr wäḥäte) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Tigrinya: ዓሰርተ ሓደ (ʿasärtä ḥadä) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Tok Pisin: eleven — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Tok Pisin: wanpela ten wan — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Tongan: hongofulu mā taha — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Turkish: on bir — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Turkish: artığın — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Turkmen: on bir — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Ukrainian: одина́дцять (odynádcjatʹ) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Urdu: گیارہ (gyārah) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Uyghur: ئون بىر (on bir) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Uzbek: oʻn bir — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Venetan: undexe — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Venetan: ondexe — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Vietnamese: mười một — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Volapük: degbal — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Volapük: balsebal — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Walloon: onze — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Welsh: un ar ddeg — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Welsh: un deg un — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Winnebago: hižąkirašąną — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Wolof: fukk ak benn — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Yakut: уон биир (uon biir) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Yao (Africa): likumi kwisa mo — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Yiddish: עלף (elf) — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Yoruba: ọ̀kànlá — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Yoruba: oókànlá — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Yoruba: mọ́kànlá — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Yucatec Maya: buluk — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Yup'ik: qula atauciq — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Zazaki: yewndes — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Zhuang: cib it — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve
• Zuni: asdemłan doba yałdo' — the cardinal number occurring after ten and before twelve