twelfth

English

English ordinal numbers

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Ordinal : twelfth     Cardinal : twelve

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /twɛlfθ/, /twɛlθ/, SAMPA: /twElfT/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlfθ, -ɛlθ

Numeral

twelfth

1. (ordinal) 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.

Usage notes

English ordinal numbers may function as either an adjective or as a noun, and almost never appear in the plural.

Abbreviations

• 12th, 12^th; (in names of monarchs and popes) XII

Translations

ordinal form of the number twelve

Afrikaans: twaalfde Basque: hamabigarren (eu) Bengali: দ্বাদশ (bn) Breton: daouzekvet Chinese: 第十二 Crimean Tatar: on ekinci Czech: dvanáctý (abbreviation 12.) Danish: tolvte (da) (12.) Dutch: twaalfde (abbreviations 12e, 12de) Esperanto: dek-dua (eo) Estonian: kaheteistkümnes (et) Finnish: kahdestoista (fi) French: douzième (before the noun) (abbreviation 12ème); (in names of monarchs and popes) douze (after the name) (abbreviation XII) Georgian: მეთორმეტე (ka) German: zwölfte (abbreviation 12.) Greek: δωδέκατος (el) (dodékatos) Hungarian: tizenkettedik (hu)

Ido: duadekesma (io) Italian: dodicesimo m., dodicesima f. (before the noun) (abbreviations 12º m., 12ª); (in names of monarchs and popes) dodicesimo m., dodicesima f. (after the name) (abbreviation XII) Korean: 열두째 (ko) (yeoldujjae) Latin: duodecimus (la) Lithuanian: dvyliktas (lt) m., dvylikta (lt) f., dvylikti (lt) m. pl., dvyliktos (lt) f. pl. Manchu: (juwan juweci) Manx: daa-yeigoo (abbreviation 12oo) Navajo: naakitsʼáadah góneʼ Polish: dwunasty m., dwunasta f., dwunaste n. (abbreviation 12.) Romanian: al doisprezecelea m., a douăsprezecea f., al doișpelea (m, informal), a douășpea (f, informal) Russian: двенадцатый (abbreviation 12-ый) Spanish: duodécimo (es) m., duodécima (es) f. Swedish: tolfte (sv) Turkish: on ikinci (abbreviations 12'nci, 12.) West Frisian: tolfde, tolfte

Noun

twelfth (plural twelfths)

1. (fractional) 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

Translations

one of twelve equal parts of a whole

Finnish: kahdestoistaosa French: douzième (fr) m. Georgian: მეთორმეტედი (ka)

Italian: dodicesimo (it) m. Latin: duodecimum (la) n. Manx: yn ghaa yeigoo Swedish: tolftedel (sv) c. (2)

interval

Italian: duodecima (it) f.

Synonyms

• dozenth