Category:Twelve

Twelve, a. Etym: [oe. twelve, twelf, as. twelf; akin to ofries. Twelf, twelef, twilif, os. twelif, d. twaalf, g. zwölf, ohg. zwelif, Icel. t, sw. tolf, dan. tolv, goth. twalif, from the root of e. two + The same element as in the second part of e. eleven. See two, and Eleven.]

Defn: one more that eleven; two and ten; twice six; a dozen. Twelve- Men's morris. See the note under morris. -- twelve tables. (rom. Antiq.) See under table.

Twelve Twelve, n.

1. The number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two, or of Twice six; twelve units or objects; a dozen.

2. A symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii. The twelve (script.), the twelve apostles. Matt. xxvi. 20.