twelve

Signification (Anglais)

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).

Concepts

douze

12

dizaine

12

douzaine

vingt

20

Synonymes

12

dozen

duodecimo

units

xii

tribal council

XII

duodecimal

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/twɛlv/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: twelve

Hérité de ancien anglais: twelf

Appartenant à saterlandais: tweelf

Appartenant à frison occidental: tolve

Appartenant à néerlandais: twaalf

Appartenant à allemand: zwölf

Appartenant à danois: -

Appartenant à suédois: -

Appartenant à norvégien: tolv

Appartenant à islandais: 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”).

Phrases

Here are the twelve items I was referring too .

Voici les douze éléments que je faisais également référence.

The target audience was children aged between six and twelve .

Le public cible était des enfants âgés de six à douze ans.