eleven

 
Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛv(ə)n/

cardinal number

  • equivalent to the sum of six and five; one more than ten; 11: the room was about eleven feet wide eighteen schools were founded, eleven of them in London (Roman numeral: xi or XI)
  • eleven years old: the eldest is only eleven
  • eleven o’clock: she often worked until eleven at night
  • a size of garment or other merchandise denoted by eleven.
  • a group or unit of eleven people or things.
  • a sports team of eleven players: at cricket I played in the first eleven

Derivatives

elevenfold

adjective & adverb

Origin:

Old English endleofon, from the base of one + a second element (probably expressing the sense 'left over') occurring also in twelve; of Germanic origin and related to Dutch and German elf