eleventh chord

noun

: a ninth chord with the eleventh added : a chord that has an interval (see interval sense 2c) of an eleventh from its lowest to highest note when in root position

The high F makes the harmony on C into an eleventh chord.

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

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