twelfth

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position

   The answer appears on the twelfth page.

2. 2
   noun

   one part in twelve equal parts

   The answer appears on the twelfth page.

3. 3
   noun

   position 12 in a countable series of things

   The answer appears on the twelfth page.

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”).

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