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Wikipedia English numbers (edit ) ← 11 12 13 → Cardinal : twelve Ordinal : twelfth dozenth Abbreviated ordinal : 12th Latinate ordinal : duodecimary Adverbial : twelve times Multiplier : twelvefold Latinate multiplier : duodecuple Germanic collective : dozen , twelvesome Greek or Latinate collective : duodecad , duodecade Greek collective prefix : dodeca- Latinate collective prefix : duodeca- Fractional : twelfth Number of musicians : duodecet
[ edit ] twelfe (obsolete, but the corresponding pronunciation /twɛlf/ is still widespread today) twelveth (archaic) Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English twelfthe , twelfte , from Old English twelfta ( “ twelfth ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *twaliftô ( “ twelfth ” ) , equivalent to twelve + -th ( ordinal suffix ) . Cognate with Scots twalt ( “ 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 [ edit ] ( UK, US ) IPA(key): /twɛlfθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɫfθ] ; /twɛlθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɤθ] [ 1] ; ( th -fronting) /twɛlf/ [tʰw̥ɛɫʷf] ; ( some speakers ) /twɛlftθ/ [ 2] Rhymes: -ɛlfθ , -ɛlθ , -ɛlf , -ɛlftθ Adjective [ edit ] twelfth (not comparable )
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 [ edit ] ( ordinal form of twelve ) : 12th , 12th, XIIth ; XII ( in names of monarchs and popes ) ; dozenthDerived terms [ edit ] Glorious Twelfth Twelfth Twelfth cake twelfth cake twelfth cranial nerve Twelfth Day twelfth-day cake twelfth grade twelfth grader twelfth man Twelfth Month Twelfth Night twelfth pie Twelfthtide Translations [ edit ] ordinal form of twelve
— see also 12th
Afrikaans: twaalfde (af) Arabic: ثَانِيَ عَشَرَ m ( ṯāniya ʕašara ) , ثَانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ f ( ṯāniyata ʕašrata ) Armenian: տասներկուերորդ (hy) ( tasnerkuerord ) Azerbaijani: on ikinci Basque: hamabigarren Belarusian: двана́ццаты (be) ( dvanáccaty ) Bengali: দ্বাদশ (bn) ( dadoś ) 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 ) Frisian: West Frisian: tolfde , tolfte Georgian: მეთორმეტე ( metormeṭe ) German: zwölfte (de) Greek: δωδέκατος (el) ( dodékatos ) Ancient Greek: δωδέκατος ( dōdékatos ) Haitian Creole: douzyèm Hindi: बारहवाँ (hi) ( 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 (kk) ( on ekınşı ) Korean: 열두째 (ko) ( yeoldujjae ) Latin: duodecimus (la) Latvian: divpadsmitais (lv) Lithuanian: dvyliktas (lt) Luxembourgish: zwieleft Macedonian: дванаесетти ( dvanaesetti ) Malay: kedua belas Malayalam: പന്ത്രണ്ടാം ( pantraṇṭāṁ ) , 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 ) Scots: twalt 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 ) Tamil: பன்னிரண்டாம் ( paṉṉiraṇṭām ) , பன்னிரண்டாவது ( paṉṉiraṇṭāvatu ) Thai: ที่สิบสอง ( tîi-sìp-sɔ̌ɔng ) Turkish: on ikinci (tr) Ukrainian: двана́дцятий (uk) ( dvanádcjatyj ) Vietnamese: một phần mười hai Welsh: deuddegfed (cy) Yiddish: צוועלפֿט ( tsvelft )
Noun [ edit ] twelfth (plural twelfths)
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. ( music ) Synonyms [ edit ] ( one of twelve equal parts ) : dozenth ; uncia ( chiefly Greco-Roman contexts ) Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] one of twelve equal parts of a whole
Bulgarian: дванадесета (bg) f ( dvanadeseta ) 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 Manchu: ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨᠵᡠᠸᡝᠴᡳ ( juwan juweci ) Manx: yn ghaa yeigoo Romanian: doisprezecime f , a douăsprezecea parte f Russian: (одна) двенадцатая (часть) ( (odna) dvenadcataja (častʹ) ) Spanish: doceavo (es) m Swedish: tolftedel (sv) c (2) Yiddish: צוועלפֿטל n ( tsvelftl )
interval
Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: duodesiimi (fi) Hungarian: duodecima Italian: duodecima f Japanese: 十二度 (ja) ( じゅうにど, jūnido ) Romanian: duodecimă f
References [ edit ] ^ James A. H. Murray et al. , editors (1884–1928 ), “Twelfth”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary ), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC. ^ “twelfth”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=twelfth&oldid=89264615" Categories:
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