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Etymology

From Old English twelf from Proto-Germanic *twalif-, an old compound of *twa- (“two”) and *-lif (“left over”) < Proto-Indo-European *leikw- (“leave, remain”).

Pronunciation

Cardinal number

twelve

  1. 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.
    • Ordinal: twelfth (12th).
    • Symbolic: 12
    • Greek: ιβʹ
    • Roman: XII

Noun

twelve (plural twelves)

  1. A group of twelve items.
    Fractions would be a little easier if we counted by twelves.

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