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[edit] Etymology
From Old English twelf from Proto-Germanic *twalif-, an old compound of *twa- (“‘two’”) and *-lif (“‘left over’”) < Proto-Indo-European *leikw- (“‘leave, remain’”).
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twelve
- The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Roman numerals as XII and in Arabic numerals as 12.
- There are twelve months in a year.
- Ordinal: twelfth (12th).
- Symbolic: 12
- Greek: ιβʹ
- Roman: XII
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cardinal number 12
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- Kannada: please add this translation if you can: (numeral: ೧೨)
- Khmer: ដប់ពីរ (dop pī) (numeral: ១២)
- Korean: 열둘 (yeoldul)
- Kurdish:
- Kurmanji: dazde ku(ku), diwazde
- Sorani: دوانزه, دوازده
- Lao: ສິບສອງ lo(lo) (sip-sööng) (numeral: ໑໒)
- Latin: duodecim la(la)
- Latvian: divpadsmit
- Livonian: kakštuoistõn
- Macedonian: дванаесет mk(mk) (dvanáeset)
- Malayalam: പന്ത്രണ്ട് ml(ml)
- Maltese: tnax
- Manchu: (juwan juwe)
- Manx: daa yeig
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can: (numeral: ᠑᠒)
- Navajo: naakits'áadah
- Norwegian: tolv no(no)
- Novial: dek-du
- Oriya: please add this translation if you can: (numeral: ୧୨)
- Persian: دوازده fa(fa)
- Polish: dwanaście pl(pl)
- Portuguese: doze pt(pt)
- Punjabi: ਬਾਰਾਂ pa(pa) (numeral: ੧੨)
- Romanian: doisprezece m., doişpe (m, informal), douăsprezece f. & n., douăşpe (f & n, informal)
- Russian: двенадцать ru(ru) (dvenádtsat’)
- Sanskrit: dvaadashan
- Serbian: дванаест sr(sr), dvanaest
- Sinhala: දොළහ (dholaha)
- Slovak: dvanásť sk(sk)
- Slovene: dvanajst sl(sl)
- Spanish: doce es(es)
- Swedish: tolv sv(sv)
- Tagalog: labindalawa
- Tamil: please add this translation if you can: (numeral: ௰௨)
- Telugu: పండ్రెండు te(te) (pamḍremḍu) (numeral: ౧౨)
- Thai: สิบสอง (sìp sŏng) (numeral: ๑๒)
- Tibetan: please add this translation if you can: (numeral: ༡༢)
- Welsh: deuddeg (vigesimal, traditional), un deg dau (decimal)
- West Frisian: tolf, tolve
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twelve (plural twelves)
- A group of twelve items.
- Fractions would be a little easier if we counted by twelves.
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