different between twelve vs dodecagon

English

Alternative forms

• Arabic numerals: 12
• Roman numerals: XII
• twelue (obsolete)

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: tw?lv, IPA^(key): /tw?lv/, [tw???v]
• Rhymes: -?lv

Numeral

twelve

1. The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII.

   There are twelve months in a year.

2. (slang) Law enforcement; the police

Synonyms

• twelveteen (nonstandard)

Derived terms

• twelve-bar blues
• twelvesome

Related terms

• Ordinal: twelfth

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????? (tuerubu)

Translations

See also

• Last: eleven. Next: thirteen

Noun

twelve (plural twelves)

1. A group of twelve items.

   Fractions would be a little easier if we counted by twelves.

2. A twelve-bore gun.
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), page 880:

     In this way Von Esslin ‘inherited’ two fine hammerless twelves which he used once or twice for duck on the Camargue.

3. (law, colloquial) A jury (normally composed of twelve persons).
4. (slang) police; law enforcement, especially a narcotics officer

Related terms

• twelfth

See also

• dozen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• twelfe, twelf, twælf, tuelf

Etymology

From Old English twelf, in turn from Proto-Germanic *twalif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tw?lv(?)/, /?tw?lf(?)/

Numeral

twelve

1. twelve

Descendants

• English: twelve
• Scots: twal, twol (obsolete twelf, twalf, tuelf)

English

Etymology

dodeca- +? -gon.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: do?de?ca?gon

Noun

dodecagon (plural dodecagons)

1. (geometry) A polygon with twelve edges and twelve angles.

Synonyms

• 12-gon
• duodecagon

Related terms

• dodecagonal

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French dodécagone

Noun

dodecagon n (plural dodecagoane)

1. dodecagon

Declension