twelve /twelv/ BrE AmE number
[Language: Old English; Origin: twelf]
the number 12 ⇨ dozen:
He received a twelve-month jail sentence.
Come at twelve (=12 o'clock).
Their son Dylan is twelve (=12 years old). —twelfth adjective, pronoun:
her twelfth birthday
in the twelfth century
I’m planning to leave on the twelfth (=the 12th day of the month).
twelve[twelvetwelves][twelv][twelv]number
12 Derived Word: twelfth Word Origin:
Old English twelf(e), from the base of two + a second element (probably expressing the sense ‘left over’); of Germanic origin and related to Dutch twaalf and German zwölf. Compare with eleven.
twelve /ˈtwɛlv/ noun, pltwelves 1[count] : the number 12 2[count] : the 12th in a set or series • question number twelve 3[noncount] : twelve o'clock • “What time is it?” “It's twelve.” • I have lunch at twelve. 4the Twelve : the twelve original disciples of Jesus Christ
- twelveadj • It was a twelve-hour flight. • twelve days later
- twelvepronoun • All twelve (of them) came to the party.
