twelfthとは

意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• twelfe (廃れた用法, but the corresponding pronunciation /twɛlf/ is still widespread today)
• twelveth (archaic)

語源

From Middle English twelfthe, twelfte, from 古期英語 twelfta (“twelfth”), from Proto-Germanic *twaliftô (“twelfth”), equivalent to twelve +‎ -th. Cognate with Scots twelft (“twelfth”), Saterland Frisian tweelfte (“twelfth”), West Frisian tolfde (“twelfth”), Dutch twaalfde (“twelfth”), German Low German twalfde, twalvde (“twelfth”), German zwölfte (“twelfth”), Danish tolvte (“twelfth”), Swedish tolfte (“twelfth”), Icelandic tólfta (“twelfth”).

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA^(key): /twɛlfθ/, [tʰw̥ɛlfθ], [tʰw̥ɛl̪θ], [tʰw̥ɛlʷf]
• 韻: -ɛlfθ, -ɛlθ, -ɛlf

形容詞

twelfth (not comparable)

1. The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.

   The answer appears on the twelfth page of the book.

   She finished twelfth in the race.

同意語

• (ordinal form of twelve): 12th, 12^th, XIIth; XII (in names of monarchs かつ popes); dozenth

派生語

名詞

twelfth (複数形 twelfths)

1. 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.

2. (music) An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth

同意語

• (one of twelve equal parts): dozenth