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twelfth | s |

As an adjective twelfth

is (ordinal) the ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number of a sequence.

As a noun twelfth

is (fractional) one of twelve equal parts of a whole.

As a letter s is

the nineteenth letter of the.

As a symbol s is

voiceless alveolar fricative.

twelfth

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (ordinal) The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number of a sequence.
    • The answer appears on the twelfth page of the book.
    She finished twelfth in the race.

    Synonyms

    * commander * , 12th; (in names of monarchs and popes) XII

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (fractional) One of twelve equal parts of a whole.
    • A twelfth of 240 is 20.
    Five twelfths of the population voted in support of the proposal.
  • (music) An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth

    • Synonyms

    * dozenth

    s

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)

    Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----