From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtwelvetwelve /twelv/  ●●● S3 W2 number  HMNthe number 12 → dozen He received a twelve-month jail sentence. Come at twelve  (=12 o'clock). Their son Dylan is twelve  (=12 years old). —twelfth adjective, pronoun her twelfth birthday in the twelfth century I’m planning to leave on the twelfth  (=the 12th day of the month).Origin twelve Old English twelf 
                                                    
                                                
