English-Dutch translations for twelfth

• duodecime
• twaalfde
  In feite is San Marino het twaalfde land dat tot het ruimere eurogebied behoort. It is basically the twelfth country in the euro zone.
  Wij wensen België veel succes met zijn twaalfde voorzitterschap.We wish Belgium all the best for its twelfth presidency.
  Mijnheer de Voorzitter, Griekenland zal het twaalfde lid worden van de eurozone. Mr President, Greece will be the twelfth country to sign up to the euro.

Definition of twelfth

• The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence
• One of twelve equal parts of a whole
• An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth

Synonyms

• XII
• dozenth

Examples

• The answer appears on the twelfth page of the book.
• She finished twelfth in the race.
• A twelfth of 240 is 20.
• Five twelfths of the population voted in support of the proposal.

Related words

• twelfthly
• Twelfth Day
• twelfth grade
• twelfth part