duodecimo

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to: navigation, search

Contents

[edit] English

Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

Latin ablative of duodecimus (twelfth) (from duodecim 'twelve', from duo 'two' + decem 'ten')

[edit] Noun

duodecimo (plural duodecimos)

  1. (paper, printing) A size of paper, so called because it is originally made by folding and cutting a single sheet from a printing press into 12 leaves; (5 by 7¾ inches): 6.5 to 7.5 inches high, approximately 4.5 inches wide.
  2. A sheet or page of that size
  3. (printing) A book having pages of that size

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] Translations

Latin folio quarto sexto octavo duodecimo sextodecimo octodecimo vicesimo-quarto trigesimo-secundo quadragesimo-octavo sexagesimo-quarto
ALA F Q   O D S T   Tt Fe Sf
ht. (cm) > 30 25-30 25-30 20-25 17.5-20 15-17.5 12.5-15 12.5-15 10-12.5 7.5-10 < 7.5
printers' folio quarto sixmo octavo twelvemo sixteenmo eighteenmo twenty-fourmo thirty-twomo forty-eightmo sixty-fourmo
abbrev. fo or f 4to 6to or 6mo 8vo 12mo 16mo 18mo 24mo 32mo 48mo 64mo
abbrev. 12° 16° 18° 24° 32° 48° 64°
<<   bigger       smaller   >>

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

From Latin ablative of duodecimus 'twelfth' (from duodecim 'twelve', from duo 'two' + decem 'ten')

[edit] Noun

duodecimo n.

  1. A size of paper, so called because it is originally made by folding and cutting a single sheet from a printing press into 12 leaves; (5 by 7¾ inches): 6.5 to 7.5 inches high, approximately 4.5 inches wide.
  2. A page of that size; hence, a whole book having pages of that size

[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

Latin duodecimus.

[edit] Adjective

duodecimo m. (f. duodecima, m plural duodecimi, f plural duodecime)

  1. twelfth

[edit] Latin

[edit] Adjective

duodecimō

  1. masculine dative singular of duodecimus
  2. neuter dative singular of duodecimus
  3. masculine ablative singular of duodecimus
  4. neuter ablative singular of duodecimus
Personal tools
Namespaces
Variants
Views
Actions
Navigation
Toolbox
In other languages