Twelfth

adj, name, noun

adj, name, noun ·1 syllable ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One of twelve equal parts of a whole.

    "A twelfth of 240 is 20."

  2. 2
    one part in twelve equal parts wordnet
  3. 3
    An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth.
  4. 4
    position 12 in a countable series of things wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence. not-comparable

    "The answer appears on the twelfth page of the book."

Adjective
  1. 1
    coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of Orangemen's Day.

Synonyms

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Example

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"The old church on the hill dates back to the twelfth century."

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”).

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