English Explanatory Dictionary

twelfth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.
noun
  1. One of twelve equal parts of a whole.
  2. An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth.
name
  1. Synonym of Orangemen's Day.

Pronunciation

/twɛlfθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɫfθ] /twɛlθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɤθ] /twɛlf/ [tʰw̥ɛɫʷf] /twɛlftθ/ en-us-twelfth.ogg

Word forms

twelfth twelfe twelveth twelfths the Twelfth

Etymology

From Middle English twelfthe, twelfte, from Old English twelfta (“twelfth”), from Proto-Germanic *twaliftô (“twelfth”), equivalent to twelve + -th (ordinal suffix). Cognate with Scots twalt (“twelfth”), Saterland Frisian tweelfte (“twelfth”), West Frisian tolfde (“twelfth”), Dutch twaalfde (“twelfth”), German Low German twalfde, twalvde (“twelfth”), German zwölfte (“twelfth”), Danish tolvte (“twelfth”), Swedish tolfte (“twelfth”), Icelandic tólfta (“twelfth”).

Synonyms

12th XIIth XII dozenth uncia Orangemen's Day

Derived words

Glorious Twelfth Twelfth Twelfth cake twelfth cranial nerve Twelfth Day twelfth-day cake twelfth grade twelfth grader twelfth man Twelfth Month Twelfth Night twelfth pie Twelfthtide perfect twelfth
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