adj

twelfth

twehlfth-twehfth

adj

Coming after eleventh and before thirteenth in a sequence; number 12 in an ordered list.

"Today is her twelfth birthday."

"He finished twelfth in the marathon."

noun

One of twelve equal parts into which something is divided.

"Each juror represents roughly a twelfth of the panel's vote."

How to Use Twelfth

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe ordinal number for 12th, or a share equal to one out of twelve.

twelfths plural

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From Old English twelfta, built from twelve plus the ordinal ending -th, matched by similar words in German (zwölfte) and other Germanic languages.

fifth