English-French translations for twelve

• douze
  Douze mois plus tard, ils y participent tous. Twelve months on, they all are.
  Je demande que douze députés se lèvent. I would ask twelve Members to rise.
  Il prévoit une durée matérielle de douze ans. The period of time set is twelve years.

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