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twelfth

adj
/twɛlfθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɫfθ/UK

Etymology

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”).

  1. inherited from *twaliftô✻ — “twelfth”
  2. inherited from twelfta — “twelfth”
  3. inherited from twelfthe

Definitions

  1. The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12…

    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.
    • She finished twelfth in the race.

  2. One of twelve equal parts of a whole.

    • A twelfth of 240 is 20.
    • Five twelfths of the population voted in support of the proposal.

  3. An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Synonym of Orangemen's Day.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at twelfth. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at twelfth. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at twelfth

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA