twelve
意味
- (数の)12;12の記号(12,XIIなど)
- 12時,12分,12歳
- 《複数扱い》12人,12個
- 12(12人,12個)一組のもの
- 《the Twelve》(またTwelve Apostles)キリストの12使徒
- 12の,12人の,12個の
- 《補語にのみ用いて》12歳の(で)
例文
I could swim across the river when I was twelve.
１２歳のとき私はその川を泳いで渡ることができた。
Yes. He can run 100 meters within twelve seconds.
はい。１００メートルを１２秒以内で走ることができます。
He is twelve years old. He is tall for his age.
彼は１２歳です。彼は年のわりには背が高いのです。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English twelve, from Old English twelf (“twelve”), from Proto-Germanic *twalif, an old compound of *twa- (“two”) and *-lif (“left over”) (i.e., two left over after having already counted to ten), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, remain”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian tweelf, tweelif, tweelich (“twelve”), West Frisian tolve (“twelve”), Dutch twaalf (“twelve”), German Low German twalf, twalv (“twelve”), German zwölf (“twelve”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian tolv (“twelve”), Icelandic tólf (“twelve”).