Dictionary Definition
twelve adj : denoting a quantity consisting of 12
items or units [syn: 12, xii, dozen] n : the cardinal number
that is the sum of eleven and one [syn: 12, XII, dozen]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- (RP) /twelv/
Etymology
Old English twelf from Germanic *twalif-, an old compound of *twa- (see two) and *-lif (meaning left over; see leave) < *leikw- (leave, remain).Cardinal number
twelve- The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Roman numerals as XII and in Arabic numerals as 12. Ordinal: twelfth.
Adjective
twelve- Describing a set or group with twelve components. There are twelve months in a year.
Translations
number
- Afrikaans: twaalf
- Albanian: dymbëdhjetë
- trreq Amharic: (numeral: ፲፪)
- Arabic: (numeral: )
- Aramaic:
- Basque: hamabi
- trreq Bengali: (numeral: ১২)
- Bosnian: dvanaest
- Breton: daouzek
- Bulgarian: дванадесет (dvanádeset)
- trreq Burmese: (numeral: ၁၂)
- Catalan: dotze
- Chinese: 十二 (shíèr) (numeral: 拾貳)
- Czech: dvanáct
- Danish: tolv
- Dena'ina: nutiha beq'di
- Dutch: twaalf
- Esperanto: dekdu
- Estonian: kaksteist
- Finnish: kaksitoista
- French: douze
- West Frisian: tolf, tolve
- Garífuna: dûsu
- German: zwölf
- Greek: δώδεκα
- Gujarati: બાર (numeral: ૧૨)
- Hebrew: שְׁתֵּים־עֶשְׂרֵה (shteim esre) (used in counting), שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂר (shneim asar)
- Hindi: बारह (bārah) (numeral: १२)
- Hungarian: tizenkettő
- Indonesian: dua belas
- Interlingua: dece-duo, duodece
- Irish: dó dhéag
- Italian: dodici
- Japanese: 十二 (じゅうに, jūni)
- Kalaallisut: aqqaniq-marluk
- trreq Kannada: (numeral: ೧೨)
- Khmer: (dop pī) (numeral: )
- Korean: 열둘 (yeoldul)
- Kurdish:
- trreq Lao: (numeral: )
- Latin: duodecem
- Latvian: divpadsmit
- Livonian: kakštuoistõn
- trreq Malayalam: (numeral: ൧൨)
- Maltese: tnax
- Manchu: (juwan juwe)
- Manx: daa yeig
- trreq Mongolian: (numeral: ᠑᠒)
- Norwegian: tolv
- Novial: dek-du
- trreq Oriya: (numeral: ୧୨)
- trreq Persian: (numeral: )
- Polish: dwanaście
- Portuguese: doze
- trreq Punjabi: (numeral: ੧੨)
- Romanian: doisprezece , doişpe , douăsprezece & , douăşpe
- Russian: двенадцать (dvenádtsat’)
- Sanskrit: dvaadashan
- Serbian: дванаест, dvanaest
- Sinhala: දොළහ (dholaha)
- Slovak: dvanásť
- Slovene: dvanajst
- Spanish: doce
- Swedish: tolv
- Tagalog: labindalawa
- trreq Tamil: (numeral: ௰௨)
- Telugu: పన్నెండు (numeral: ౧౨)
- trreq Thai: (numeral: )
- trreq Tibetan: (numeral: ༡༢)
- Welsh: deuddeg (vigesimal, traditional), un deg dau (decimal)
See also
Extensive Definition
Twelve may refer to:
- 12 (number), the number
- 12, the year
- Twelve (novel), a 2002 novel by Nick McDonell
- Twelve (Patti Smith album), 2007
- Twelve (publisher), an imprint of Grand Central Publishing
- Twelve (Street Fighter), a video game character from the Street Fighter series
See also
- The Twelve (disambiguation)
- Quorum of the Twelve, a priesthood body established by Joseph Smith, Jr. as part of the Latter Day Saint movement