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twelve

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)

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three

Translingual

Etymology

From English three

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?tri?] [sic]

Numeral

three

  1. Code word for the digit 3 in the NATO/ICAO spelling alphabet

Synonyms

ITU/IMO code word terrathree

References


English

Alternative forms

  • thre, threy, thrie (all obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English thre, threo, thrie, thri, from Old English þr?, from Proto-West Germanic *þr??, from Proto-Germanic *þr?z, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Doublet of trey.

Cognates with German drei, Albanian tre, Armenian ???? (erek?), Latvian tr?s, Lithuanian tr?s, Greek ????? (tre?s), and others.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: thr? IPA(key): /??i?/, [????i?], [?????i]
  • (UK, th-fronting) enPR: fr? IPA(key): /f?i?/
  • (Ireland) IPA(key): /??i?/, [????i?], [t????i?]
  • (General American) enPR: thr? IPA(key): /??i?/, [????i]
  • Rhymes: -i?
  • Homophones: tree (with th-stopping), free (with th-fronting)

Numeral

three

  1. A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).
    • Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen.
  2. Describing a set or group with three elements.

Synonyms

  • (numerical value): leash, tether (dialectal)

Related terms

  • third, thrice, triple

Translations

See also

  • Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages

Noun

three (plural threes)

  1. The digit/figure 3.
  2. Anything measuring three units, as length.
    Put all the threes in a separate container.
  3. A person who is three years old.
    All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.
  4. The playing card featuring three pips.
  5. Three o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
  6. (basketball) Abbreviation of three-pointer.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams

  • Ehret, Ether, Reeth, ether, rethe, theer, there

Manx

Numeral

three

  1. Alternative spelling of tree.

Scots

Alternative forms

  • (South Scots) threi, shrei, hrei

Etymology

From Middle English thre, from Old English þri?, þr?, þre?, from Proto-West Germanic *þr??, from Proto-Germanic *þr?z, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ri?/
  • (South Scots) IPA(key): /?r?i/
  • (Shetland) IPA(key): /tri?/

Numeral

three

  1. three

Related terms

  • threty

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