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twelfe

twelfe is the obsolete form of twelfth.

twelfe is the obsolete form of twelve.

Meaning of twelfth

Adjective

twelfth (not comparable)

  1. The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.
    • The answer appears on the twelfth page of the book.
    Synonyms:
    12th, XIIth, XII, dozenth

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Meaning of twelve

Numeral

twelve

  1. The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII.
    • There are twelve months in a year.
    Synonyms:
    twelveteen

See all 6 meanings of twelve

Questions about twelfe

What is twelfe the obsolete form of?
Twelfe is the obsolete form of twelfth.

Words near twelfe in the dictionary

  1. tweezering
  2. tweezers
  3. tweezertrodes
  4. tweezes
  5. tweezing
  6. twelfe
  7. twelfhynde
  8. twelfhyndeman
  9. twelfhyndemen
  10. twelfhyndman
  11. twelfhyndmen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: twelfe (page history and authors); twelfth (page history and authors); twelve (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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