eleventh, th
(adjective) coming next after the tenth and just before the twelfth in position
eleventh
(noun) position 11 in a countable series of things
Source: WordNet® 3.1
eleventh
The ordinal form of the number eleven.
• 11th, 11th, XIth; (in names of monarchs and popes) XI
eleventh (plural elevenths)
The person or thing in the eleventh position.
One of eleven equal parts of a whole.
(music) The note eleven scale degrees from the root of a chord.
Source: Wiktionary
E*lev"enth, a. Etym: [Cf. AS. endlyfta. See Eleven.]
1. Next after the tenth; as, the eleventh chapter.
2. Constituting one of eleven parts into which a thing is divided; as, the eleventh part of a thing.
3. (Mus.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the interval of the octave and the fourth.
E*lev"enth, n.
1. The quotient of a unit divided by eleven; one of eleven equal parts.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: The interval consisting of ten conjunct degrees; the interval made up of an octave and a fourth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 March 2025
(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
