twelfth
UK/twɛlfθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɫfθ]
twelfth adjective: the ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.
Adjective
twelfth (not comparable)
Noun
twelfth (plural twelfths)
Proper noun capitalized: Twelfth
the Twelfth
- Synonym of Orangemen's Day.
- Synonyms:
- Orangemen's Day
twelfth meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
twelfth in Hindi
- ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
- बारहवाँ bārahvā̃
twelfth in Tamil
- ordinal form of twelve — see also 12th
- பன்னிரண்டாம் paṉṉiraṇṭām, பன்னிரண்டாவது paṉṉiraṇṭāvatu
twelfth in Marathi
- बारावे, बारावा
twelfth in Urdu
- بارہواں
More languagesFewer languages
- twelfth in Bengali
- দ্বাদশ dadoś
- twelfth in Telugu
- పన్నెండవ panneṇḍava, పన్నెండో panneṇḍō, పండ్రెండవ paṇḍreṇḍava
- twelfth in Malayalam
- പന്ത്രണ്ടാം pantraṇṭāṁ, പന്ത്രണ്ടാമത്തെ pantraṇṭāmatte
- twelfth in Kannada
- ಹನ್ನೆರಡನೇ, ಹನ್ನೆರಡನೇಯದು
- twelfth in Punjabi
- ਬਾਰ੍ਹਵਾਂ, ਬਾਰ੍ਹਵੀਂ
- twelfth in Gujarati
- બારમું bārmũ
- twelfth in Sanskrit
- द्वादश dvādaśá
- twelfth in Nepali
- बाह्रौँ, बाह्रौं
- twelfth in Tagalog
- ikalabindalawa, panlabindalawa
- twelfth in Arabic
- ثَانِيَ عَشَرَ ṯāniya ʕašara, ثَانِيَةَ عَشْرَةَ ṯāniyata ʕašrata
- twelfth in Malay
- kedua belas
- twelfth in Indonesian
- keduabelas
- twelfth in Persian
- دوازدهم davâzdahom
- twelfth in Thai
- ที่สิบสอง tîi-sìp-sɔ̌ɔng
- twelfth in Vietnamese
- một phần mười hai
Examples of twelfth in a sentence
- The oboe overblows at the octave; the clarinet at the twelfth.
- Don't forget to take the trimmings down by twelfth night.
- The twelfth step is conversion of geniposidic acid to bartsioside, which is catalyzed by a decarboxylase enzyme.
Synonyms of twelfth
Forms of twelfth
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | twelfe |
| alternative form | twelveth |
| Noun | |
| plural | twelfths |
Origin of twelfth
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”).
Words formed from twelfth
Phrases with twelfth
Questions about twelfth
- What does twelfth mean?
- Twelfth means the ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.
- What is twelfth in Hindi?
- Twelfth in Hindi is बारहवाँ (bārahvā̃). See Twelfth meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is twelfth?
- Twelfth can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce twelfth?
- Twelfth is pronounced /twɛlfθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɫfθ] (UK).
Words near twelfth in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: twelfth (page history and authors); Twelfth (page history and authors); twelfth (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); twelfth (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); పండ్రెండవ (Telugu) (page history and authors); twelfth (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); twelfth (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); બારમું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); द्वादश (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); twelfth (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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