Twelve vs Twelfe - What's the difference?
twelve | twelfe |
The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII.
A group of twelve items.
A twelve-bore gun.
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(legal) (colloquial) A jury (normally composed of twelve persons).
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As numerals the difference between twelve and twelfe
is that twelve is the cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII while twelfe is obsolete form of lang=en.As a noun twelve
is a group of twelve items.As an adjective twelfe is
obsolete form of lang=en.twelve
English
(wikipedia twelve)Alternative forms
* Arabic numerals: * Roman numerals: XIINumeral
(head)- There are twelve months in a year.
See also
* Last: eleven. Next: thirteenNoun
(en noun)- Fractions would be a little easier if we counted by twelves .
- In this way Von Esslin ‘inherited’ two fine hammerless twelves which he used once or twice for duck on the Camargue.
See also
* dozenStatistics
* English cardinal numberstwelfe
English
Adjective
(-)Numeral
(head)- Tis now ?trooke twelfe , get thee to bed Franci?co ,