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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 Srednji Engleski twelfthe, twelfte, from Stari Engleski twelfta (twelfth), from Pra-Germanski *twaliftô (twelfth), equivalent to Afrikans. Cognate with Škotski twelft (twelfth), Saterland Frisian tweelfte (twelfth), West Frisian tolfde (twelfth), Holandski twaalfde (twelfth), German Low German twalfde, twalvde (twelfth), Nemački zwölfte (twelfth), Danski tolvte (twelfth), Švedski tolfte (twelfth), Icelandic tólfta (twelfth).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) MFA(ključ): /twɛlfθ/, [tʰw̥ɛlfθ], [tʰw̥ɛl̪θ], [tʰw̥ɛlʷf]
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rime: -ɛlfθ, -ɛlθ, -ɛlf

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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