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eleventh.

The ordinal form of the number eleven.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɪˈlɛv.ənθ/UK/ɪˈlɛv.ənθ/US/iˈlɛv.ənθ/US/əˈlɛv.ənθ/US
  1. The ordinal form of the number eleven.

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Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ɪˈlɛv.ənθ/UK/ɪˈlɛv.ənθ/US/iˈlɛv.ənθ/US/əˈlɛv.ənθ/US
  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.

Where this word comes from

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.

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