twelfth

TWELFTH/twɛlfθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɫfθ]

Noun pluraltwelfths

3 meanings of twelfth

1
adjective
Coming right after the eleventh, at position number 12 in an order.
Like being number 12 in a line of people waiting their turn.
She finished in twelfth place at the swim meet.
December is the twelfth month of the year.
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2
nouncountable
One of twelve equal parts that something is divided into.
Like one slice when you cut a pizza into twelve equal pieces.
Cut the cake so each person gets a twelfth.
A single month is about a twelfth of the year.
3
nouncountable
In music, a gap between two notes equal to an octave plus a fifth.
On the organ, that pipe sounds a twelfth above the keynote.
She sang a note a twelfth higher than the first.
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Origin

From Old English twelfta, made from twelve plus the ordinal ending -th.