English-Italian translations for twelve

• dodici
  E se occorre che dodici di noi si alzino in piedi, ci alzeremo in piedi in dodici. If it is necessary for twelve of us to rise, moreover, twelve of us will rise.
  Vedo più di dodici voti contrari.I see more than twelve Members.
  Dodici di questi deputati già non sono più qui. Twelve of them are no longer here.

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