Twelve
Twelve , adjective
[Old English twelve, twelf, Anglo-Saxon twelf; akin to OFries. twelf, twelef, twilif, Old Saxon twelif, Dutch twaalf, German zwolf, Old High German zwelif, Icelandic tōlf, Swedish tolf, Danish tolv, Gothic twalif, from the root of English two + the same element as in the second part of English eleven. See Two, and Eleven.]
One more that eleven; two and ten; twice six; a dozen.
Twelve , noun
1.
The number next following eleven; the sum of ten and two, or of twice six; twelve units or objects; a dozen.
2.
A symbol representing twelve units, as 12, or xii.
Collocations (1)
The Twelve (Scripture) , the twelve apostles. — Matt. xxvi. 20