Twelfth

Last of dozen

Twelfth is the ordinal form of twelve—the position after eleventh in a sequence: She finished twelfth in the race.

As a noun, a twelfth is one of twelve equal parts: Each heir received a twelfth of the estate.

Twelfth Night is January 5th or 6th, marking the end of the Christmas season.

ordinal

position

Location or stance

  • sequenceOrdered succession of elements
  • rankPosition in hierarchy
  • placePosition or location

order · last · final · penultimate · eleventh · thirteenth · numbering · series · ranking · succession

calendar

month

Year's twelfth part

lunar · cycle · annual · monthly · zodiac · fiscal · academic · semester · quarterly

music

interval

Duration between two points

harmony · scale · augmented · diminished · compound · dissonance · tone · pitch · chord · keyboard

cultural

Epiphany

Christian feast, January sixth

Malvolio · Magi · revelry · disguise · Illyria · comedy · carnival · galette · celebration

fraction

portion

Divided share given

segment · slice · percentage · ratio · equal · divide · split · allocation · proportion · eighth

Categories
Opposites
ordinal position extremity

Twelfthfirst

Position number one

last · initial · final · second · ultimate

number type

Twelfthtwelve

One more than eleven

dozen · 12

Phrases
Family

twelfths

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G