twelve

== Translingual == === Alternative forms === Twelve, TWELVE === Etymology === Borrowed from English twelve. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtwɛlv] === Noun === twelve (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony code for 12, used only with o'clock to indicate direction. == English == === Alternative forms === Arabic numerals: 12 Roman numerals: XII twelue (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English twelve, from Old English twelf (“twelve”), from Proto-Germanic *twalif, an old compound of *twa- (“two”) and *-lif (“left over”) (i.e., two left over after having already counted to ten), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, remain”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian tweelf, tweelif, tweelich (“twelve”), West Frisian tolve (“twelve”), Dutch twaalf (“twelve”), German Low German twalf, twalv (“twelve”), German zwölf (“twelve”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian tolv (“twelve”), Icelandic tólf (“twelve”). === Pronunciation === (UK, US) enPR: twĕlv, IPA(key): /twɛlv/, [tʰw̥ɛɫv] (General Australian, New Zealand) enPR: twəlv, IPA(key): /twəlv/, [tʰw̥əɫv], enPR: twĕlv, IPA(key): /twelv/, [tʰw̥eɫv] (Southern US, African-American Vernacular, dated) enPR: twĕv, IPA(key): /twɛv/, [tʰw̥ɛv] Rhymes: -ɛlv === Numeral === twelve The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII. ==== Synonyms ==== twelveteen (nonstandard) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Ordinal: twelfth ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: トゥエルブ (tuerubu) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Last: eleven. Next: thirteen === Noun === twelve (plural twelves) A group of twelve items. A twelve-bore gun. (law, colloquial) A jury (normally composed of twelve persons). (slang) The police; law enforcement, especially a narcotics officer. (military slang, by ellipsis of twelve o'clock) Front (front side of something, position in front of something). For quotations using this term, see Citations:twelve. ==== Related terms ==== twelfth === See also === dozen === References === == Middle English == === Alternative forms === twelfe, twelf, twælf, tuelf === Etymology === From inflected forms of Old English twelf, from Proto-West Germanic *twalif, in turn from Proto-Germanic *twalif. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtwɛlv(ə)/, /ˈtwɛlf(ə)/ === Numeral === twelve twelve ==== Descendants ==== English: twelve Scots: twal, twol (obsolete twelf, twalf, tuelf)