twelfth

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• UK, US: /twɛlfθ/ [thw̥ɛɫfθ]
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• UK, US: /twɛlf/ [thw̥ɛɫwf] th-fronting
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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”).

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: twaalfde — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Arabic: ثَانِيَ عَشَرَ (ṯāniya ʕašara) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Arabic: ثَانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ (ṯāniyata ʕašrata) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Armenian: տասներկուերորդ (tasnerkuerord) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Azerbaijani: on ikinci — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Basque: hamabigarren — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Belarusian: двана́ццаты (dvanáccaty) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Bengali: দ্বাদশ (dadoś) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Breton: daouzekvet — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Bulgarian: дванадесети (dvanadeseti) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Catalan: dotzè — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Cebuano: ikanapulog duha — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Cebuano: ikanapog duha — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Chinese Mandarin: 第十二 (dì shí'èr) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Crimean Tatar: on ekinci — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Czech: dvanáctý — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Danish: tolvte — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Dutch: twaalfde — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Esperanto: dek-dua — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Estonian: kaheteistkümnes — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Faroese: tólvti — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Faroese: tólvta — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Finnish: kahdestoista — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• French: douzième — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• French: douze — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• West-Frisian: tolfde — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• West-Frisian: tolfte — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Georgian: მეთორმეტე (metormeṭe) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• German: zwölfte — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Greek: δωδέκατος (dodékatos) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Ancient Greek: δωδέκατος (dōdékatos) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Haitian Creole: douzyèm — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Hindi: बारहवाँ (bārahvā̃) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Hungarian: tizenkettedik — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Icelandic: tólfta — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Ido: duadekesma — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Indonesian: keduabelas — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Ingrian: kakstoist kymmenäs — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Italian: dodicesimo — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Italian: dodicesimo — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Japanese: 第十二 (dai-jūni) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Kazakh: он екінші (on ekınşı) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Korean: 열두째 (yeoldujjae) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Latin: duodecimus — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Latvian: divpadsmitais — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Lithuanian: dvyliktas — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Luxembourgish: zwieleft — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Macedonian: дванаесетти (dvanaesetti) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Malay: kedua belas — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Malayalam: പന്ത്രണ്ടാം (pantraṇṭāṁ) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Malayalam: പന്ത്രണ്ടാമത്തെ (pantraṇṭāmatte) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Manx: daa-yeigoo — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Mongolian: арван хоёрдугаар (arvan xojordugaar) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Navajo: naakitsʼáadah góneʼ — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Norwegian: tolvte — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Occitan: dotzen — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Persian: دوازدهم (davâzdahom) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Polish: dwunasty — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Portuguese: duodécimo — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Portuguese: décimo segundo — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Romanian: doisprezecelea — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Romanian: doișpelea — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Russian: двена́дцатый (dvenádcatyj) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Scots: twalt — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Serbo-Croatian: dvanaesti — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Slovak: dvanásty — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Spanish: duodécimo — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Spanish: décimo segundo — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Old Spanish: dozeno — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Swahili: kumi na mbili — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Swedish: tolfte — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Tagalog: ikalabindalawa — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Tagalog: panlabindalawa — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Tajik: дувоздаҳум (duvozdahum) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Tamil: பன்னிரண்டாம் (paṉṉiraṇṭām) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Tamil: பன்னிரண்டாவது (paṉṉiraṇṭāvatu) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Thai: ที่สิบสอง (tîi-sìp-sɔ̌ɔng) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Turkish: on ikinci — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Ukrainian: двана́дцятий (dvanádcjatyj) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Vietnamese: một phần mười hai — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Welsh: deuddegfed — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Yiddish: צוועלפֿט (tsvelft) — ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
• Bulgarian: дванадесета (dvanadeseta) — one of twelve equal parts of a whole
• Catalan: dotzè — one of twelve equal parts of a whole
• Cebuano: sikanapulog duha — one of twelve equal parts of a whole
• Cebuano: sikanapog duha — one of twelve equal parts of a whole
• Finnish: kahdestoistaosa — one of twelve equal parts of a whole
• French: douzième — one of twelve equal parts of a whole
• Georgian: მეთორმეტედი (metormeṭedi) — one of twelve equal parts of a whole
• Hungarian: tizenketted — one of twelve equal parts of a whole
• Italian: dodicesimo — one of twelve equal parts of a whole
• Latin: uncia — one of twelve equal parts of a whole
• Latin: duodecimum — one of twelve equal parts of a whole
• Manchu: ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠵᡠᠸᡝᠴᡳ (juwan juweci) — one of twelve equal parts of a whole
• Manx: yn ghaa yeigoo — one of twelve equal parts of a whole
• Romanian: doisprezecime — one of twelve equal parts of a whole
• Romanian: a douăsprezecea parte — one of twelve equal parts of a whole
• Russian: двенадцатая — one of twelve equal parts of a whole
• Spanish: doceavo — one of twelve equal parts of a whole
• Swedish: tolftedel — one of twelve equal parts of a whole
• Yiddish: צוועלפֿטל (tsvelftl) — one of twelve equal parts of a whole
• Finnish: duodesiimi — interval
• Hungarian: duodecima — interval
• Italian: duodecima — interval
• Japanese: 十二度 (jūnido) — interval
• Romanian: duodecimă — interval