Twelveとは

意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Arabic numerals: 12
• Roman numerals: XII
• twelue (廃れた用法)

語源

From Middle English twelve, from 古期英語 twelf (“twelve”), from Proto-Germanic *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”), Dutch twaalf (“twelve”), German Low German twalf, twalv (“twelve”), German zwölf (“twelve”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian tolv (“twelve”), Icelandic tólf (“twelve”).

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) enPR: twĕlv, IPA^(key): /twɛlv/, [tw̥ɛɫv]
• 韻: -ɛlv

数詞

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.

2. (slang) Law enforcement; the police

同意語

• twelveteen (一般的ではない用法)

派生語

• twelve-bar blues
• twelvesome

関連する語

• Ordinal: twelfth

派生した語

• → Japanese: トゥエルブ (tuerubu)