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Borrowed fromEnglishtwelve.

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Noun

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twelve

  1. (international standards)NATO,ICAO,ITU &IMOradiotelephony code for12, used only witho'clock to indicate direction.

English

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English numbers(edit)
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   Cardinal:twelve
   Ordinal:twelfth,dozenth
   Abbreviated ordinal:12th
   Latinate ordinal:duodecimary
   Adverbial:twelvetimes
   Multiplier:twelvefold
   Latinate multiplier:duodecuple
   Germanic collective:dozen,twelvesome
   Greek or Latinate collective:duodecad,duodecade
   Greek collective prefix:dodeca-
   Latinate collective prefix:duodeca-
   Fractional:twelfth
   Number of musicians:duodecet
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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishtwelve, fromOld Englishtwelf(“twelve”), fromProto-Germanic*twalif, an old compound of*twa-(“two”) and*-lif(“left over”) (i.e., two left over after having already counted to ten), fromProto-Indo-European*leyp-(“leave, remain”). Cognate withSaterland Frisiantweelf,tweelif,tweelich(“twelve”),West Frisiantolve(“twelve”),Dutchtwaalf(“twelve”),German Low Germantwalf,twalv(“twelve”),Germanzwölf(“twelve”),Danish,Swedish andNorwegiantolv(“twelve”),Icelandictólf(“twelve”).

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Numeral

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twelve

  1. Thecardinal number occurring aftereleven and beforethirteen, represented inArabic numerals as 12 and inRoman numerals asXII.
    There aretwelve months in a year.
    • 1972, Eleanor Webster Bulatkin,Structural Arithmetic Metaphor in the Oxford "Roland.", Ohio State University Press,→ISBN, page10:
      Hopper points out that duodecads have been prominent in every ancient civilization and cites as examplestwelve spokes in the wheel of the Hindu Rta, thetwelve gates of hell where Egyptian Ra must spend thetwelve hours of night, thetwelve tribes of Israel, thetwelve labors of Hercules, [...]

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cardinal number 12

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Noun

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twelve (pluraltwelves)

  1. Agroup of twelveitems.
    Fractions would be a little easier if we counted bytwelves.
  2. A twelve-boregun.
    • 1982,Lawrence Durrell,Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published2004, page880:
      In this way Von Esslin ‘inherited’ two fine hammerlesstwelves which he used once or twice for duck on the Camargue.
  3. (law, colloquial) Ajury (normally composed of twelve persons).
  4. (slang) Thepolice;law enforcement, especially anarcoticsofficer.
  5. (militaryslang, by ellipsis oftwelve o'clock)Front(front side of something, position in front of something).
    watch yourtwelve

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References

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  1. ^Hall, Joseph Sargent (2 March 1942), “3. The Consonants”, inThe Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4),New York:King's Crown Press,→DOI,→ISBN,§ 11, page104.

Middle English

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Middle English numbers(edit)
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   Cardinal:twelve

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Etymology

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From inflected forms ofOld Englishtwelf, fromProto-West Germanic*twalif, in turn fromProto-Germanic*twalif.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtwɛlv(ə)/,/ˈtwɛlf(ə)/

Numeral

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twelve

  1. twelve

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