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twelfth
[ twelfth ]
adjective
- next after the eleventh; being the ordinal number for 12.
- being one of 12 equal parts.
noun
- a twelfth part, especially of one (1/12).
- the twelfth member of a series.
twelfth
/ twɛlfθ /
adjective
- usually prenominal
- coming after the eleventh in number or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of twelve: often written 12th
- ( as noun )
the twelfth of the month
noun
- one of 12 equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, measurement, etc
- ( as modifier )
a twelfth part
- the fraction equal to one divided by 12 ( 1 12 )
- music
- an interval of one octave plus a fifth
- one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other
- an organ stop sounding a note one octave and a fifth higher than that normally produced by the key depressed
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of twelfth1
Example Sentences
Black family wealth remains between one-ninth and one-twelfth the level of white family wealth, a shocking disparity.
He also has a best supporting actor nomination for his mincing, lovestruck Olivia in Twelfth Night.
There was much better drag this season—like Mark Rylance [in Twelfth Night].
The Armory Show, located at Twelfth Avenue and 55th Street, will be on display until March 9th and is open from 12pm—7pm daily.
Editor's note: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated Mark Rylance's role in Twelfth Night.
Search with a one-twelfth-inch objective, using very subdued light.
On the twelfth of the said month it was washed, and a grain of gold weighing scarcely one real obtained.
This statute was continued and altered in subsequent reigns, and not repealed until the twelfth year of Queen Anne.
A common custom is to "set" every tenth or twelfth hill with two plants.
Bigyns, Beguines; these were members of certain lay sisterhoods in the Low Countries, from the twelfth century onwards.
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