twelve

Senso (Inglese)

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).

Concetti

dodici

12

12

dódici

dozzina

dodecim

sinonimi

12

dozen

duodecimo

units

xii

tribal council

XII

duodecimal

Traduzioni

douze

12

doce

12

zwölf

12

twaalf

12

dotze

12

δώδεκα

doze

12

duodecim

12

dotze

Zwölf

dazde

12

اثنى عشر

twaalftal

12

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/twɛlv/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: twelve

Ereditato da inglese antico: twelf

Affine saterfriesisch: tweelf

Affine frisone occidentale: tolve

Affine olandese: twaalf

Affine tedesco: zwölf

Affine danese: -

Affine svedese: -

Affine norvegese: tolv

Affine islandese: 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”).

Frasi

Here are the twelve items I was referring too .

Ecco i dodici elementi a cui mi riferivo.

The target audience was children aged between six and twelve .

Il pubblico target era i bambini di età compresa tra sei e dodici anni.