twelfth

English

Енглески бројеви (унос)

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Кардинал: twelve     Редни: twelfth     Multiplier: twelvefold

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Средњи Енглески twelfthe, twelfte, from Стари Енглески twelfta (“twelfth”), from Пра-Германски *twaliftô (“twelfth”), equivalent to Африканс. Cognate with Шкотски twelft (“twelfth”), Saterland Frisian tweelfte (“twelfth”), Западни Фризијски tolfde (“twelfth”), Холандски twaalfde (“twelfth”), German Low German twalfde, twalvde (“twelfth”), Немачки zwölfte (“twelfth”), Дански tolvte (“twelfth”), Шведски tolfte (“twelfth”), Исландски tólfta (“twelfth”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) МФА^(кључ): /twɛlfθ/, [tʰw̥ɛlfθ], [tʰw̥ɛl̪θ], [tʰw̥ɛlʷf]

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• Риме: -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, 12^th; XII (in names of monarchs and popes); dozenth

Derived terms

• Twelfth cake
• Twelfth Day
• Twelfth Night
• Twelfthtide

 

Translations

ordinal form of twelve

• Afrikaans: twaalfde (af)
• Arabic: ثَانِيَ عَشَرَ‎ m (ṯāniya ʿašara), ثَانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ‎ f (ṯāniyata ʿašrata)
• Armenian: տասներկուերորդ (hy) (tasnerkuerord)
• Azerbaijani: on ikinci
• Basque: hamabigarren
• Belarusian: двана́ццаты (dvanáccaty)
• Bengali: দ্বাদশ (dbadôś)
• Breton: daouzekvet (br)
• Bulgarian: дванадесети (dvanadeseti)
• Catalan: dotzè (ca)
• Cebuano: ikanapulog duha, ikanapog duha
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 第十二 (dì shí èr)

• Crimean Tatar: on ekinci
• Czech: dvanáctý (cs)
• Danish: tolvte (da)
• Dutch: twaalfde (nl)
• Esperanto: dek-dua
• Estonian: kaheteistkümnes
• Finnish: kahdestoista (fi)
• French: (before the noun) douzième (fr), (in names of monarchs and popes) douze (fr) (after the name)
• Georgian: მეთორმეტე (metormeṭe)
• German: zwölfte (de)
• Greek: δωδέκατος (el) (dodékatos)

  Ancient Greek: δωδέκατος (dōdékatos)

• Haitian Creole: douzyèm
• Hindi: बारहवां (bārahavāṁ)
• Hungarian: tizenkettedik (hu)
• Icelandic: tólfta
• Ido: duadekesma (io)
• Indonesian: keduabelas
• Italian: (before the noun) dodicesimo (it), (in names of monarchs and popes) dodicesimo (it) m (after the name)
• Japanese: 第十二 (dai jūni)
• Kazakh: он екінші (on ekinşi)

• Korean: 열두째 (ko) (yeoldujjae)
• Latin: duodecimus
• Latvian: divpadsmitais
• Lithuanian: dvyliktas (lt)
• Luxembourgish: zwieleft
• Macedonian: дванаесетти (dvanaesetti)
• Malay: kedua belas
• Manchu: [текст needed] (juwan juweci)
• Manx: daa-yeigoo
• Mongolian: арван хоёрдугаар (arvan hojordugaar)
• Navajo: naakitsʼáadah góneʼ
• Norwegian: tolvte (no)
• Occitan: dotzen (oc)
• Persian: دوازدهم‎ (fa) (davâzdahom)
• Polish: dwunasty (pl)
• Portuguese: duodécimo (pt), décimo segundo (pt)
• Romanian: doisprezecelea (ro), doișpelea (ro) (informal)
• Russian: двена́дцатый (ru) (dvenádcatyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: dvanaesti (sh)
• Slovak: dvanásty (sk)
• Spanish: duodécimo (es)

  Old Spanish: dozeno

• Swahili: kumi na mbili
• Swedish: tolfte (sv)
• Tagalog: ikalabindalawa, panlabindalawa
• Tajik: дувоздаҳум (duvozdahum)
• Thai: ที่สิบสอง
• Turkish: on ikinci (tr)
• Ukrainian: двана́дцятий (uk) (dvanádcjatyj)
• Vietnamese: một phần mười hai
• Welsh: deuddegfed (cy)
• West Frisian: tolfde, tolfte
• Yiddish: צוועלפֿט‎ (tsvelft)

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

one of twelve equal parts of a whole

• Catalan: dotzè (ca) m
• Cebuano: sikanapulog duha, sikanapog duha
• Finnish: kahdestoistaosa
• French: douzième (fr) m
• Georgian: მეთორმეტედი (metormeṭedi)
• Hungarian: tizenketted (hu)

• Italian: dodicesimo (it) m
• Latin: duodecimum n
• Manx: yn ghaa yeigoo
• Romanian: doisprezecelea (ro) m or m pl or n, douăsprezecea f or f pl or n pl
• Swedish: tolftedel (sv) c (2)
• Yiddish: צוועלפֿטל‎ n (tsvelftl)

interval

• Finnish: duodesiimi (fi)

• Hungarian: duodecima
• Italian: duodecima f