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Added 9 October 2026

eleventh

/ɪˈlɛv.ənθ/ adjective

In Latin: undecimus Wiktionary

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The ordinal form of the number eleven.

noun

The person or thing in the eleventh position.
One of eleven equal parts of a whole.
The note eleven scale degrees from the root of a chord.

Origin

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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