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Meaning of Twelfth | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
twɛlfθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɫfθ]

Definitions

  1. Synonym of Orangemen's Day.
  2. One of twelve equal parts of a whole.
  3. An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth.

Equivalents

Afrikaans twaalfde
Azərbaycanca on ikinci
Беларуская дванаццаты
বাংলা দ্বাদশ
Català dotze
Čeština dvanáctý
Cymraeg deuddegfed
Dansk tolvte
Ελληνικά δωδέκατος
Esperanto dek-dua
Euskara hamabigarren
فارسی دوازدهم
Français douze douzième
हिन्दी बारहवाँ
Magyar tizenkettedik
Íslenska tólfta
日本語 十二度 第十二
ქართული მეთორმეტე
한국어 열두째
Lëtzebuergesch zwieleft
Latviešu divpadsmitais
Македонски дванаесетти
Nederlands twaalfde
Polski dwunasty
Slovenčina dvanásty
Svenska tolfte tolftedel
Kiswahili kumi na mbili
Türkçe on ikinci
Українська дванадцятий

Examples

“A twelfth of 240 is 20.”
“Five twelfths of the population voted in support of the proposal.”

CEFR level

C2
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