twelfth

Pronunciation: /twɛlfθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɫfθ]

The English word “twelfth” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

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

noun

One of twelve equal parts of a whole.
An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth.

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…

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