Question 1 · Quick check
twelve
CEFRA1
/twɛlv/
number · numeral · noun
Türkçe translations
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In plain English
- 01
number
The number 12.
- 02
number
Extra detailA group of twelve items.
Examples
I have lived in Kamakura for twelve years.
I spent twelve hours on the train.
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 3
- Citations
- 2
Also pronounced
- [tʰw̥eʊ̯v]
- [tʰw̥ɛɫv]
Deep Dive
number
Extra meaningA twelve-bore gun.
numeral
Extra meaningThe cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII.
noun
Extra meaningA jury (normally composed of twelve persons).
More examples
In contextThere are only twelve of these rare animals left.
Fractions would be a little easier if we counted by twelves.
There are twelve months in a year.
Quick test
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Origin
number
From Middle English twelve, from Old English twelf (“twelve”), from Proto-Germanic *twalif, an old compound of *twa- (“two”) and *-lif (“left over”) (i.e., two left over after having already counted to ten), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, remain”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian tweelf, tweelif, tweelich (“twelve”), West Frisian tolve (“twelve”), Dutch twaalf (“twelve”), German Low German twalf, twalv (“twelve”), German zwölf (“twelve”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian tolv (“twelve”), Icelandic tólf (“twelve”).