eleventh

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
16
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ɪˈlɛv.ənθ/(UK)
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/ɪˈlɛv.ənθ/(UK) · /ɪˈlɛv.ənθ/(US) · /iˈlɛv.ənθ/(US) · /əˈlɛv.ənθ/(US)

Definition of eleventh

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)The ordinal form of the number eleven.
    “Anyway, Trumpmentum is real. It is going to define the election. Further, Trumpmentum might edge out Harris at the eleventh hour—which is when it counts most.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)The ordinal form of the number eleven.
    “Anyway, Trumpmentum is real. It is going to define the election. Further, Trumpmentum might edge out Harris at the eleventh hour—which is when it counts most.”

noun

  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.

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Etymology

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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