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twelfth

Syllabification: (twelfth)
Pronunciation: /twelfTH/
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Definition of twelfth

number

  • constituting number twelve in a sequence; 12th:the twelfth of November his twelfth birthday the twelfth in a series of essays
  • (a twelfth/one twelfth) each of twelve equal parts into which something is or may be divided.
  • the twelfth grade of a school.
  • Music an interval or chord spanning an octave and a fifth in the diatonic scale, or a note separated from another by this interval.
  • (the Twelfth) July 12, celebrated by upholders of Protestant supremacy in Ireland as the anniversary of William III’s victory over James II at the Battle of the Boyne.

Derivatives

twelfthly

adverb

twelvefold

Pronunciation: /ˈtwel(v)ˌfōld/
adjective & adverb
Remember that twelfth has an f in the middle.go to the twelfth floor of the building.

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