twelve

• Twelve, TWELVE

Позајмљено од Енглески twelve.

• МФА^(кључ): [ˈtwɛlv]

twelve

1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony code for 12, used only with o'clock to indicate direction

 

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twelve

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

From Средњи Енглески twelve, from Стари Енглески twelf (“twelve”), from Пра-Германски *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”), Холандски twaalf (“twelve”), German Low German twalf, twalv (“twelve”), Немачки zwölf (“twelve”), Дански, Шведски and Норвешки tolv (“twelve”), Icelandic tólf (“twelve”).

• enPR: twĕlv, МФА^(кључ): /twɛlv/, [tw̥ɛɫv]
• enPR: twəlv, МФА^(кључ): /twəlv/, [tw̥əɫv], enPR: twĕlv, МФА^(кључ): /twelv/, [tw̥eɫv]
• enPR: twĕv, МФА^(кључ): /twɛv/, [tw̥ɛv]^[1]

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• Риме: -ɛlv

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.

• twelveteen (nonstandard)

• Ordinal: twelfth

• → Јапански: トゥエルブ (tuerubu)

• Last: eleven. Next: thirteen

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 (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, 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) The police; law enforcement, especially a narcotics officer.
5. (military slang, by ellipsis of twelve o'clock) Front (front side of something, position in front of something).

   watch your twelve

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• twelfth

• dozen

• twelfe, twelf, twælf, tuelf

From inflected froms of Стари Енглески twelf, from Пра-Западно Германски *twalif, in turn from Пра-Германски *twalif.

• МФА^(кључ): /ˈtwɛlv(ə)/, /ˈtwɛlf(ə)/

twelve

1. twelve

• Енглески: twelve
• Шкотски: twal, twol (obsolete twelf, twalf, tuelf)