twelfth

twelfth

English

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Cardinal: twelve     Ordinal: twelfth     Latinate ordinal: duodecimary     Adverbial: twelve times     Multiplier: twelvefold     Latinate multiplier: duodecuple     Collective: dozen, twelvesome     Greek or Latinate collective: duodecad, duodecade     Greek collective prefix: dodeca-     Latinate collective prefix: duodeca-     Fractional: twelfth, dozenth     Latinate fractional prefix: unci-     Greek prefix: dodecato-     Number of musicians: duodecet

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 twelve +‎ -th. Cognate with Scots twelft (“twelfth”), Saterland Frisian tweelfte (“twelfth”), West Frisian tolfde (“twelfth”), Dutch twaalfde (“twelfth”), German Low German twalfde, twalvde (“twelfth”), German zwölfte (“twelfth”), Danish tolvte (“twelfth”),Swedish tolfte (“twelfth”), Icelandic tólfta (“twelfth”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /twɛlfθ/, [tʰw̥ɛlfθ], [tʰw̥ɛl̪θ], [tʰw̥ɛlʷf], IPA^(key): /twəlfθ/, [tʰw̥əlfθ], [tʰw̥əl̪θ], [tʰw̥əlʷf], IPA^(key): /twɛlvfθ/, IPA^(key): /twɛlvð/, IPA^(key): /twɛlf/

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• Rhymes: -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, XIIth; XII (in names of monarchs and popes); dozenth

Derived terms

• Glorious Twelfth
• 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 (dẇadôśô) 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 Faroese: tólvti m, tólvta f 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: δωδέκατος (dōdékatos) Haitian Creole: douzyèm Hindi: बारहवां (bārahvā̃) Hungarian: tizenkettedik (hu) Icelandic: tólfta Ido: duadekesma (io) Indonesian: keduabelas Ingrian: kakstoist kymmenäs 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 ekınşı) Korean: 열두째 (ko) (yeoldujjae) Latin: duodecimus (la) Latvian: divpadsmitais Lithuanian: dvyliktas (lt) Luxembourgish: zwieleft Macedonian: дванаесетти (dvanaesetti) Malay: kedua belas Malayalam: പന്ത്രണ്ടാം (pantraṇṭāṃ), പന്ത്രണ്ടാമത്തെ (pantraṇṭāmatte) Manchu: [script needed] (juwan juweci) Manx: daa-yeigoo Mongolian: арван хоёрдугаар (arvan xojordugaar) 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), décimo segundo Old Spanish: dozeno Swahili: kumi na mbili Swedish: tolfte (sv) Tagalog: ikalabindalawa, panlabindalawa Tajik: дувоздаҳум (duvozdahum) Thai: ที่สิบสอง (tîi-sìp-sɔ̌ɔng) 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; uncia (chiefly Greco-Roman contexts)

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: uncia f, duodecimum n Manx: yn ghaa yeigoo Romanian: doisprezecime f Russian: (одна) двенадцатая (часть) ((odna) dvenadcataja (častʹ)) Spanish: doceavo (es) m Swedish: tolftedel (sv) c (2) Yiddish: צוועלפֿטל‎ n (tsvelftl)

interval

Finnish: duodesiimi (fi) Hungarian: duodecima Italian: duodecima f