duodecimo

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

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 (paper, printing) A size of paper, so called because it is originally made by folding and cutting a single sheet from a printing press into 12 leaves; (5 by 7¾ inches): 6.5 to 7.5 inches high, approximately 4.5 inches wide.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

Synonyms

• (paper size): twelvemo, 12mo, 12º
• (book size): twelvemo, 12mo, 12º, D

Translations

paper size

• Catalan: dotzè (ca) m

• Dutch: duodecimo (nl) n

book size

• Catalan: dotzè (ca) m

• Dutch: duodecimo (nl) n

to be checked

• French: in-duodecimo, in-douze, in-12º

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.	2º	4º	6º	8º	12º	16º	18º	24º	32º	48º	64º
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Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

duodecimo n (plural duodecimo's, diminutive duodecimootje)

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 A size of paper, so called because it is originally made by folding and cutting a single sheet from a printing press into 12 leaves; (5 by 7¾ inches): 6.5 to 7.5 inches high, approximately 4.5 inches wide.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

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Italian

Etymology

Latin duodecimus.

Adjective

duodecimo m (feminine duodecima, masculine plural duodecimi, feminine plural duodecime)

1. twelfth

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Latin

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