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noun
1.
a cardinal number, 10 plus 2.
2.
a symbol for this number, as 12 or XII.
3.
a set of this many persons or things.
4.
the Twelve, the 12 apostles chosen by Christ.
adjective
5.
amounting to 12 in number.
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| twelve (twɛlv) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | See also number the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and two |
| 2. | a numeral, 12, XII, etc, representing this number |
| 3. | something represented by, representing, or consisting of 12 units |
| 4. | Also called: twelve o'clock noon or midnight |
| —determiner | |
| 5. | a. amounting to twelve: twelve loaves |
| b. See also dozen (as pronoun): twelve have arrived Related: duodecimal, dodeca- | |
| Related: duodecimal, dodeca- | |
| [Old English twelf; related to Old Frisian twelif, Old High German zwelif, Old Norse tolf, Gothic twalif] | |
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twelve
O.E. twelf, lit. "two left" (over ten), from P.Gmc. *twa-lif-, a compound of the root of two + *lif-, root of the verb leave (see eleven). Cf. O.S. twelif, O.N. tolf, O.Fris. twelef, M.Du. twalef, Du. twaalf, O.H.G. zwelif, Ger. zwölf, Goth.
EXPANDtwalif. Outside Gmc., an analogous formation is Lith. drylika, with second element -lika "left over."
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