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]
• (General Australian, New Zealand) enPR: twəlv, IPA^(key): /twəlv/, [tw̥əɫv], enPR: twĕlv, IPA^(key): /twelv/, [tw̥eɫv]
• (Southern American English, AAVE, dated) enPR: twĕv, IPA^(key): /twɛv/, [tw̥ɛv]^[1]
• 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.

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)

参考

• Last: eleven. Next: thirteen

名詞

twelve (複数形 twelves)

1. A group of twelve items.

   Fractions would be a little easier if we counted by twelves.

2. A twelve-bore gun.
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), page 880:

     In this way Von Esslin ‘inherited’ two fine hammerless twelves which he used once or twice for duck on the Camargue.

3. (law, colloquial) A jury (normally composed of twelve persons).
4. (slang) The police; law enforcement, especially a narcotics officer.
5. (military slang, by ellipsis of twelve o'clock) Front (front side of something, position in front of something).

   watch your twelve

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:twelve.

関連する語

• twelfth

参考

• dozen

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