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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024twelfth /twɛlfθ/USA pronunciation adj. - next after the eleventh;
being the ordinal number for 12. - being one of 12 equal parts.
n. [countable] - a twelfth part, esp. of one (1&sfracdenom12&sfracend).
- the twelfth member of a series.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024twelfth (twelfth),USA pronunciation adj. - next after the eleventh;
being the ordinal number for 12. - being one of 12 equal parts.
n. - a twelfth part, esp. of one (1⁄12).
- the twelfth member of a series.
- Middle English twelfthe, twelfte, Old English twelfta, equivalent. to twelf twelve + -ta -th2 bef. 900
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: twelfth /twɛlfθ/ adj - (usually prenominal) coming after the eleventh in number or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of twelve: often written 12th
- : the twelfth of the month
n - 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)
- 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
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