twelve

Significat (Anglès)

Num

The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII.

Noun

1. A group of twelve items.
2. A twelve-bore gun.
3. (colloquial) A jury (normally composed of twelve persons).
4. (slang) The police; law enforcement, especially a narcotics officer.
5. (slang) Front (front side of something, position in front of something).

Sinònims

12

dozen

duodecimo

units

xii

tribal council

XII

duodecimal

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/twɛlv/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: twelve

Heretat de anglès antic: twelf

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: tweelf

Cognat amb frisó occidental: tolve

Cognat amb neerlandès: twaalf

Cognat amb alemany: zwölf

Cognat amb danès: -

Cognat amb suec: -

Cognat amb noruec: tolv

Cognat amb islandès: tólf

In summary

From Middle English twelve, from Old English twelf (“twelve”), from Proto-Germanic *twalif, an old compound of *twa- (“two”) and *-lif (“left over”) (i.e., two left over after having already counted to ten), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, remain”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian tweelf, tweelif, tweelich (“twelve”), West Frisian tolve (“twelve”), Dutch twaalf (“twelve”), German Low German twalf, twalv (“twelve”), German zwölf (“twelve”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian tolv (“twelve”), Icelandic tólf (“twelve”).

Frases

Here are the twelve items I was referring too .

The target audience was children aged between six and twelve .