Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seventy-eleven

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English

Syllables
sev-en-ty-eleven
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very many; too many to count; quite a lot.

American usage; Informal

Etymology

From humorous use of eleven to continue counting the seventies.

Usage

Inflected Forms

seventy eleven (alternative) seventy-leven (alternative) seventy-'leven (alternative)

Phrases

twenty-eleven thirty-eleven forty-eleven fifty-eleven sixty-eleven eighty-eleven ninety-eleven

Frequently Paired Words

twenty-eleven thirty-eleven forty-eleven fifty-eleven sixty-eleven eighty-eleven ninety-eleven

Synonyms

countless legion eighty-eleven eleventeen eleventy feelefold fifty-eleven forty-eleven manifold many manyfold morefold

Questions

What does seventy-eleven mean?
Very many; too many to count; quite a lot.
Where does seventy-eleven come from?
From humorous use of eleven to continue counting the seventies.

How to pronounce seventy-eleven

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