# twelfth

Pronunciation: say "TWELFTH" /twɛlfθ/ [tʰw̥ɛɫfθ]

## Adjective

1. Occupying position number 12 in a sequence; the ordinal form corresponding to the number twelve.
   - Simple: Coming right after the eleventh, at position number 12 in an order.
   - _He was the twelfth person to sign the petition that morning._
   - _Louis the Twelfth ruled France in the early sixteenth century._

## Noun

2. One part out of twelve equal parts into which a whole has been divided.
   - Simple: One of twelve equal parts that something is divided into.
   - _Each heir received a twelfth of the family estate._
   - _Three twelfths of the class chose the elective this term._
3. A musical interval between two notes equal to an octave plus a fifth.
   - Simple: In music, a gap between two notes equal to an octave plus a fifth.
   - _The organ stop adds a twelfth above each note the player holds down._
   - _Singing a twelfth above the melody, he carried the high harmony line._

## Origin

From Middle English twelfthe, from Old English twelfta and Proto-Germanic *twaliftô, equivalent to twelve plus the ordinal suffix -th. It is related to Dutch twaalfde, German zwölfte, Swedish tolfte, and Icelandic tólfta.

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