twelve
numEtymology
From Middle English twelve, from Old English twelf (“twelve”), from Proto-Germanic *twalif, an old compound of *twa- (“two”) and *-lif (“left over”) (i.e., two left over after having already counted to ten), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, remain”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian tweelf, tweelif, tweelich (“twelve”), West Frisian tolve (“twelve”), Dutch twaalf (“twelve”), German Low German twalf, twalv (“twelve”), German zwölf (“twelve”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian tolv (“twelve”), Icelandic tólf (“twelve”).
Definitions
The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic…
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.
A group of twelve items.
- Fractions would be a little easier if we counted by twelves.
A twelve-bore gun.
- In this way Von Esslin ‘inherited’ two fine hammerless twelves which he used once or twice for duck on the Camargue.
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A jury (normally composed of twelve persons).
The police
The police; law enforcement, especially a narcotics officer.
Front (front side of something, position in front of something).
- watch your twelve
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:twelve.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at twelve. 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.
A definitional loop anchored at twelve. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at twelve
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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