What does twelve mean?
Definitions for twelve
twɛlvtwelve
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word twelve.
Princeton's WordNet
twelve, 12, XII, dozenadjective
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
twelve, 12, xii, dozenadjective
denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units
Wiktionary
twelvenoun
A group of twelve items.
Fractions would be a little easier if we counted by twelves.
twelvenoun
A twelve-bore gun.
Etymology: From twelf, from twalif-, an old compound of twa- and -lif, from leikw-.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Twelveadjective
Two and ten; twice six.
Etymology: twelf , Sax.
Thou hast beat me out twelve several times. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.
Had we no quarrel else to Rome, but that
Thou art thence banish’d, we would muster all,
From twelve to twenty. William Shakespeare.What man talk’d with you yesternight
Out at your window betwixt twelve and one. William Shakespeare.On his left hand twelve reverend owls did fly:
So Romulus, ’tis sung, by Tyber’s brook,
Presage of sway from twice six vultures, took. Dryden.
ChatGPT
twelve
Twelve is a numerical value equivalent to the sum of 10 and 2. It represents a quantity and is noted as 12 in numerical terms. It also falls between eleven and thirteen in the sequence of natural numbers. Additionally, it is also considered a dozen.
Webster Dictionary
Twelveadjective
one more that eleven; two and ten; twice six; a dozen
Twelvenoun
the number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two, or of twice six; twelve units or objects; a dozen
Twelvenoun
a symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii
Wikidata
Twelve
Twelve is an album by Patti Smith, released April 17, 2007 on Columbia Records. As the title suggests, the album contains twelve tracks, all of which are cover versions. It debuted on Billboard 200 at number 60, with 11,000 copies sold in its first week. A promotional EP entitled Two More was also released, featuring two tracks that are not on the album: "Perfect Day" by Lou Reed and "Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect" by The Decemberists.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Twelve
twelv, adj. ten and two.—n. the number next after eleven: the figures representing twelve: (pl.) same as duodecimo.—ns. Twelve′-mo, same as duodecimo, written 12mo; Twelve′-month, twelve months: a year.—adjs. Twelve′-penn′y, worth a shilling: trifling, insignificant; Twelve′score, twelve times twenty, or two hundred and forty.—n. twelvescore yards, a common range in archery, used also in measurements.—Twelve-day writ, a writ in actions on bills, &c., warning defendant to appear within twelve days, otherwise judgment would go against him; Twelve Tables, the name given to the earliest code of Roman law, civil, criminal, and religious, made by the decemvirs in 451-449 B.C.—Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, a work of the 2d century after Christ, in which, on the model of Jacob's blessing of the tribes in Genesis xlix., discourses and prophecies of Christ are put into the mouths of the fathers of Israel; The Twelve, the twelve apostles. [A.S. twelf (Ger. zwölf, and Goth. twa-lif), that is 'two and ten' (for twá-, cf. Two; and for -lif, cf. Eleven).]
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'twelve' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2658
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'twelve' in Written Corpus Frequency: #339
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of twelve in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of twelve in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of twelve in a Sentence
Ever since The Wizard of Oz I’ve been accused of being twelve years old. You should see some of the disappointed looks I get, when people lay eyes on me in person. They expect someone in gingham, with braids, to come out singing ‘Over the Rainbow.’ And out I come, instead.
I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came.
You've got to know your limitations. I don't know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way.
Twelve years after I finished my sporting career I am the first and only three-time all-around world champion and Biles will always be the second, basically, I am more interested in how the Russian girls will get on in Rio.
Throughout the last twelve months, weve closely monitored interior design and technology trends to shape the product planning and development of The Wall Luxury, we set out to create a product unlike anything else matching the lifestyle and taste of those looking for the most exclusive and premium visual experiences in their homes.
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- twaalfAfrikaans
- ዐሥራ ሁለትAmharic
- اِثْنَا عَشَرَ, اثني عشرArabic
- tunka payaniAymara
- on ikiAzerbaijani
- ун икеBashkir
- двана́ццацьBelarusian
- двана́десетBulgarian
- বারোBengali
- བཅུ་གཉིསTibetan Standard
- daouzekBreton
- dotzeCatalan, Valencian
- шийттаChechen
- dvanáctCzech
- дъва на дєсѧтєOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- un deg dau, undeg dwy, deuddegWelsh
- tolvDanish
- zwölf, zwGerman
- δώδεκαGreek
- dek duEsperanto
- doceSpanish
- kaksteistEstonian
- hamabiBasque
- دوازدهPersian
- kaksitoistaFinnish
- tólvFaroese
- douzeFrench
- tolve, tolfWestern Frisian
- dó dhéagIrish
- dà dheug, dhà dheugScottish Gaelic
- doceGalician
- બારGujarati
- daa yeigManx
- שְׁתֵּים־עֶשְׂרֵה, תרעסר, שנים שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂר, תרתעסראHebrew
- बारहHindi
- douzHaitian Creole
- tizenkettőHungarian
- տասներկուArmenian
- dua belasIndonesian
- tólfIcelandic
- dodiciItalian
- שתיים עשרהHebrew
- 十二Japanese
- თორმეტიGeorgian
- он екіKazakh
- aqqaniq-marlukKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- ដប់ពីរKhmer
- ೧೨, ಹನ್ನೆರಡುKannada
- 십이, 十二, 열둘Korean
- dazdeKurdish
- он экиKyrgyz
- duodecimLatin
- ສິບສອງLao
- dvylikaLithuanian
- divpadsmitLatvian
- tekau mā rua, ngahuru mā ruaMāori
- двана́есетMacedonian
- പന്ത്രണ്ട്Malayalam
- арван хоёр, ᠑᠒Mongolian
- sepuluh dua, dua belas, satu puluh duaMalay
- tnaxMaltese
- ဆယ့်နှစ်Burmese
- ata ma aroNauru
- twaalfDutch
- tolvNorwegian
- naakitsʼáadahNavajo, Navaho
- khumi n'ziwiriChichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- dotzeOccitan
- ashi-niizhOjibwe, Ojibwa
- ୧୨, ବାରOriya
- ਬਾਰਾਂPanjabi, Punjabi
- dwanaście, dwanaścioroPolish
- dozePortuguese
- chunka iskayniyuqQuechua
- dudeschRomansh
- двена́дцатьRussian
- द्वादशSanskrit
- два́нае̄ст, dvánaēstSerbo-Croatian
- දොළහSinhala, Sinhalese
- dvanásťSlovak
- dvanájstSlovene
- dymbëdhjetëAlbanian
- tolvSwedish
- பன்னிரண்டுTamil
- పండ్రెండుTelugu
- дувоздаҳTajik
- สิบสองThai
- on ikiTurkmen
- labindalawaTagalog
- on ikiTurkish
- уникеTatar
- ئون ئىككىUyghur, Uighur
- двана́дцятьUkrainian
- بارہUrdu
- oʻn ikkiUzbek
- degtelVolapük
- צוועלףYiddish
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