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    Cardinal: twelve
    Ordinal: twelfth
    Multiplier: twelvefold

Alternative forms

  • twelfe (obsolete, but the corresponding pronunciation /twɛlf/ is still widespread today)
  • twelveth (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English twelfthe, twelfte, from Old English twelfta (twelfth), from Proto-Germanic *twaliftô (twelfth), equivalent to Африканс. Cognate with Scots twelft (twelfth), Saterland Frisian tweelfte (twelfth), West Frisian tolfde (twelfth), Холандски twaalfde (twelfth), German Low German twalfde, twalvde (twelfth), Немачки zwölfte (twelfth), Дански tolvte (twelfth), Шведски tolfte (twelfth), Icelandic tólfta (twelfth).

Pronunciation

Adjective

twelfth (not comparable)

  1. The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.
    The answer appears on the twelfth page of the book.
    She finished twelfth in the race.

Synonyms

  • (ordinal form of twelve): 12th, 12th; XII (in names of monarchs and popes); dozenth

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

twelfth (plural twelfths)

  1. One of twelve equal parts of a whole.
    A twelfth of 240 is 20.
    Five twelfths of the population voted in support of the proposal.
  2. (music) An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth

Synonyms

  • (one of twelve equal parts): dozenth

Translations

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