English-Finnish translations for twelve

• kaksitoista
  Onko salissa vähintään kaksitoista sitä vastustavaa jäsentä? Are there at least twelve colleagues opposed?
  Direktiiviä valmisteltiin kaksitoista vuotta. The directive has taken twelve years to draw up.
  Kaksitoista ihmistä sai surmansa tässä traagisessa onnettomuudessa. Twelve people lost their lives in this tragic accident.

Definition of twelve

• The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII
• Law enforcement; the police
• A group of twelve items
• A twelve-bore gun
• A jury (normally composed of twelve persons

Examples

• There are twelve months in a year.
• Fractions would be a little easier if we counted by twelves.

Related words

• twelfth