twelfth

Plural: twelfths

Noun

One of twelve equal parts; the ordinal number for twelve.
position 12 in a countable series of things
one part in twelve equal parts
One of twelve equal parts of a whole.
An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth.

Adjective Satellite

coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position

Adj

The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.

Examples

A twelfth of 240 is 20.
Five twelfths of the population voted in support of the proposal.
She finished twelfth in the race.
The answer appears on the twelfth page of the book.
This was his TWELFTH win in a row, a new personal record in Words With Friends.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English twelfthe, twelfte, from Old English twelfta (“twelfth”), from Proto-Germanic *twaliftô (“twelfth”), equivalent to twelve + -th (ordinal suffix). Cognate with Scots twalt (“twelfth”), Saterland Frisian tweelfte (“twelfth”), West Frisian tolfde (“twelfth”), Dutch twaalfde (“twelfth”), German Low German twalfde, twalvde (“twelfth”), German zwölfte (“twelfth”), Danish tolvte (“twelfth”),
Swedish tolfte (“twelfth”), Icelandic tólfta (“twelfth”).

Synonyms

12th, duodecimal, one-twelfth, twelfth part, XII, XIIth, dozenth, uncia

Scrabble Score: 16

twelfth: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
twelfth: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
twelfth: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

twelfth: valid Words With Friends Word