XI

Alternative forms

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

Number

XI

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

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, The Guardian‎:

     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

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