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έντεκα
eleven /ˈen.de.ka/
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Example sentences
Έχω έντεκα βιβλία.
I have eleven books.
Ο αδερφός μου είναι έντεκα χρονών.
My brother is eleven years old.
Το ρολόι δείχνει έντεκα η ώρα.
The clock shows eleven o'clock.
Θα φτάσουμε στις έντεκα το βράδυ.
We will arrive at eleven at night.
Στην τάξη μας είμαστε έντεκα μαθητές.
In our class there are eleven of us students.
Η ομάδα αγωνίστηκε με έντεκα παίκτες μέχρι το τέλος του αγώνα.
The team played with eleven players until the end of the match.
Word family
Etymology
Έντεκα comes from Ancient Greek ἕνδεκα (héndeka), a compound of ἕν (hén, the neuter form of εἷς, 'one') and δέκα (déka, 'ten'). The word literally means 'one-ten', the same logic behind Latin undecim. Over time the nasal-plus-stop cluster νδ shifted in pronunciation and spelling to ντ, giving the modern form έντεκα.
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