twelfth

See also: Twelfth

English

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Cardinal: twelve     Ordinal: twelfth     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, dozenth     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 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

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /twɛlfθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɫfθ]; (fast speech) /twɛlθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɤθ]; (th-fronting) /twɛlf/ [tʰw̥ɛɫʷf]; (some speakers) /twɛlftθ/

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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
• Twelfth cake
• twelfth cranial nerve
• Twelfth Day
• twelfth grade
• twelfth grader
• twelfth man
• Twelfth Night
• twelfth pie
• Twelfthtide

 

Translations

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)
• 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 (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)
• 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)

Derived terms

• perfect twelfth

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
• Manchu: ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ
  ᠵᡠᠸᡝᠴᡳ (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

• Finnish: duodesiimi (fi)
• Hungarian: duodecima
• Italian: duodecima f
• Japanese: 十二度 (ja) (じゅうにど, jūnido)
• Romanian: duodecimă f