XI

See also: Appendix:Variations of "xi"

Ⅺ U+216A, Ⅺ ROMAN NUMERAL ELEVEN ← Ⅹ [U+2169] Number Forms Ⅻ → [U+216B]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• xi
• XJ, xj (obsolete)
• VVI, vvi, VVJ, vvj (nonstandard)
• XI. (ordinal number)

Etymology

Compound of the following Roman numerals: X (“10”) +‎ I (“1”).

Number

XI

1. Roman numeral eleven (11).
2. (especially in the names of aristocracy) the eleventh.
4. November.

   Comeronyms: I, i, 1; II, ii, 2; III, iii, 3; IV, iv, 4; V, v, 5; VI, vi, 6; VII, vii, 7; VIII, viii, 8; IX, ix, 9; X, x, 10; XII, xii, 12

Coordinate terms

• Previous: X (ten, 10)
• Next: XII (twelve, 12)

Descendants

• → English: XI
• ⇒ English: XIth

English

Etymology

From translingual XI (“eleven”, Roman numeral).

Pronunciation

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Noun

XI (plural XIs)

1. (soccer) A football (soccer) team of eleven players.
   • 2013 August 20, Louise Taylor, “English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Rewind to the first day of the inaugural Premier League season in August 1992 and 177 players – or 73.1% – featuring in first XIs held English nationality. […] Not since Coventry in 1992 has a Premier League side kicked off a campaign with an all-English XI but things have reached the point where, of the 61 signings who have cost the elite division's 20 clubs a transfer fee this summer, only 12 have involved Englishmen.

2. (cricket) A cricket team of eleven players.

Anagrams

• Ix