twelfth

== English == === Alternative forms === twelfe (obsolete, but the corresponding pronunciation /twɛlf/ is still widespread today) twelveth (archaic) === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /twɛlfθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɫfθ]; /twɛlθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɤθ]; (th-fronting) /twɛlf/ [tʰw̥ɛɫʷf]; (some speakers) /twɛlftθ/ Rhymes: -ɛlfθ, -ɛlθ, -ɛlf, -ɛlftθ === Adjective === twelfth (not comparable) The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence. ==== Synonyms ==== (ordinal form of twelve): 12th, 12th, XIIth; XII (in names of monarchs and popes); dozenth ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === twelfth (plural twelfths) One of twelve equal parts of a whole. (music) An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth. ==== Synonyms ==== (one of twelve equal parts): dozenth; uncia (chiefly Greco-Roman contexts) ==== Derived terms ==== perfect twelfth ==== Translations ==== === References ===