twelfth

English

English numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: twelve
    Ordinal: twelfth
    Multiplier: twelvefold

Alternative forms

  • twelfe (obsolete, but the corresponding pronunciation /twɛlf/ is still widespread today)
  • twelveth (archaic)

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /twɛlfθ/, /twɛlθ/, /twɛlf/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛlfθ, -ɛlθ, -ɛlf

Adjective

twelfth (not comparable)

  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.

Synonyms

  • (ordinal form of twelve): 12th, 12th; XII (in names of monarchs and popes); dozenth

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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

Synonyms

  • (one of twelve equal parts): dozenth

Translations

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