eleventh

[ ih-lev-uhnth ]

adjective
  1. next after the tenth; being the ordinal number for 11.

  2. being one of 11 equal parts.

noun
  1. an eleventh part, especially of one (1/11).

  2. the eleventh member of a series.

Origin of eleventh

1
before 1000; Middle English enleventh, enlefte,Old English endlyfta (akin to Old Frisian andlofta,Old Saxon ellifto). See eleven, -th2

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eleventh

/ (ɪˈlɛvə) /


adjective
  1. (usually prenominal)

    • coming after the tenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of eleven: often written 11th

    • (as pronoun): the eleventh in succession

noun
    • one of 11 equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc

    • (as modifier): an eleventh part

  1. the fraction equal to one divided by 11 (1/11)

  1. music

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