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From Old English twelf from Proto-Germanic *twalif-, an old compound of *twa- (“two”) and *-lif (“left over”) < Proto-Indo-European *leikw- (“leave, remain”).
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Cardinal number
twelve
- The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Roman numerals as XII and in Arabic numerals as 12.
- There are twelve months in a year.
Noun
twelve (plural twelves)
- A group of twelve items.
- Fractions would be a little easier if we counted by twelves.
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