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Word twelve
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Phonetic BrE / twelv / NAmE / twelv /
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twelve

(number)BrE / twelv / NAmE / twelv /
  1. 12
  2. Word Origin

    • Old English twelf(e), from the base of two + a second element (probably expressing the sense ‘left over’); of Germanic origin and related to Dutch twaalf and German zwölf. Compare with eleven.
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