eleventh

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(ĭ-lĕv'ənth) pronunciation
n.
  1. The ordinal number matching the number 11 in a series.
  2. One of 11 equal parts.
eleventh e·lev'enth adv. & adj.

Perfect eleventh on C. About this sound Play

In music or music theory an eleventh About this sound play is the note eleven scale degrees from the root of a chord and also the interval between the root and the eleventh. The interval can be also described as a compound fourth, spanning an octave plus a fourth.

Augmented eleventh on C. About this sound Play

Since there are only seven degrees in a diatonic scale the eleventh degree is the same as the subdominant.

The eleventh is considered highly dissonant with the third.

A perfect eleventh is an eleventh which spans exactly 17 semitones. It can be also described as a compound perfect fourth, spanning an octave plus a perfect fourth.

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Dansk (Danish)
num. - elvte
n. - elver, nummer elleve, elvtedel, undecime

idioms:

  • eleventh hour    den elvte time

Nederlands (Dutch)
elfde

Français (French)
n. - onzième, onze
adj. - onzième
adv. - onzièment

idioms:

  • eleventh hour    à la dernière minute

Deutsch (German)
n. - Elfter
adj. - elft
adv. - elftens

idioms:

  • eleventh hour    letzter Augenblick, letzte Minute

Ελληνική (Greek)
num. - (ένα) ενδέκατο
adj. - ενδέκατος
n. - (ένα) ενδέκατο

idioms:

  • eleventh hour    ύστατη/τελευταία στιγμή

Italiano (Italian)
undicesimo

idioms:

  • eleventh hour    l'ultimo momento

Português (Portuguese)
n., -
adj. - décimo primeiro (m)

idioms:

  • eleventh hour    na última hora

Русский (Russian)
одиннадцатый, одиннадцатая часть

idioms:

  • eleventh hour    в последнюю минуту

Español (Spanish)
n. - undécimo, onceno, onceavo, once
adj. - undécimo, onceno, onceavo

idioms:

  • eleventh hour    a último momento

Svenska (Swedish)
num. - elfte, elftedel
adj. - elfte-
n. - elfte, elftedel

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
第十一, 十一分之一, 月的第十一日

idioms:

  • eleventh hour    最后一刻, 危急之时

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
num. - 第十一
n. - 第十一, 十一分之一, 月的第十一日

idioms:

  • eleventh hour    最後一刻, 危急之時

한국어 (Korean)
num. - 열 하나의
n. - 17번째

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 11番目, 11日, 11分の1
adj. - 第11の, 11番目の, 11分の1の

idioms:

  • eleventh hour    土壇場, 期限ぎりぎりの時

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(عدد) حادي عشر (صفه) الحادي عشر (الاسم) الحادي عشر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮החלק האחד עשר‬
adj. - ‮האחד עשר‬


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