twelfth

CEFRA1

/twɛlfθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɫfθ]

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Coming after the eleventh and before the thirteenth.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth.

Examples

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

  • The treaty with Texas was signed April twelfth, 1844.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /twɛlftθ/
  • /twɛlθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɤθ]

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. One of twelve equal parts of a whole.

  2. The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.

More examples

In context

  • What day of the week is the twelfth?

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

  • A twelfth of 240 is 20.

Synonyms

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The blank day of December is the one that comes right after the eleventh day.

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Origin

adjective

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”).