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{
"word": "feel twelve feet tall"
},
{
"word": "grade twelve"
},
{
"word": "it's better to be judged by twelve than to be carried by six"
},
{
"word": "twelve bar blues"
},
{
"word": "twelve-bar blues"
},
{
"word": "twelve godfathers"
},
{
"word": "twelve good men and true"
},
{
"word": "twelve hundred"
},
{
"word": "twelve-inch"
},
{
"word": "twelve-note"
},
{
"word": "twelve-ounce curls"
},
{
"word": "twelve-penny nail"
},
{
"word": "twelve penny nail"
},
{
"word": "twelvesome"
},
{
"word": "twelve-speed"
},
{
"word": "twelve-stepper"
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{
"word": "twelve stepper"
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{
"word": "twelve-step program"
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{
"word": "twelve-tone"
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"text": "There are twelve months in a year."
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"The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII."
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "twaalf"
},
{
"code": "ain",
"lang": "Ainu",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "tu ikasima wan"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dymbëdhjetë"
},
{
"code": "am",
"lang": "Amharic",
"roman": "ʿäśra hulät",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ዐሥራ ሁለት"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "iṯnā ʕašara",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "اِثْنَا عَشَرَ"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "itnašar",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "اتناشر"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "iṯnaʕaš",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "itnaʕaš",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"code": "an",
"lang": "Aragonese",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dotze"
},
{
"code": "an",
"lang": "Aragonese",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "doce"
},
{
"code": "an",
"lang": "Aragonese",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "doze"
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"code": "he",
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"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "he",
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"roman": "tarta‘esrē",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "triˁsar",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ܬܪܸܥܣܲܪ"
},
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"code": "syc",
"lang": "Aramaic",
"roman": "treʿsar",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "ܬܪܥܣܪ"
},
{
"code": "syc",
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"roman": "tartaʿesrē",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"Syriac",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ܬܪܬܥܣܪܐ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tasnerku",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "տասներկու"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "doce"
},
{
"code": "ay",
"lang": "Aymara",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "tunka payani"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "on iki"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "un ike",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ун ике"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "hamabi"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "dvanáccacʹ",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "двана́ццаць"
},
{
"alt": "১২",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "barō",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "বারো"
},
{
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "kagduwa"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "daouzek"
},
{
"code": "kxd",
"lang": "Brunei Malay",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dua balas"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dvanádeset",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "двана́десет"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dvanájset",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "двана́йсет"
},
{
"alt": "၁၂",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hcai.hnac",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ဆယ့်နှစ်"
},
{
"code": "bua",
"lang": "Buryat",
"roman": "arban xojor",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "арбан хоёр"
},
{
"code": "rue",
"lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
"roman": "dvanádcjatʹ",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "двана́дцять"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dotze"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "napulog duha"
},
{
"code": "csm",
"lang": "Central Sierra Miwok",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ˀoṭíkšake·ny-"
},
{
"code": "ccc",
"lang": "Chamicuro",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "chunka ma'pojta"
},
{
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "šiı̇tta",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "шийтта"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "talidu",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ᏔᎵᏚ"
},
{
"code": "ny",
"lang": "Chichewa",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "khumi n'ziwiri"
},
{
"code": "cic",
"lang": "Chickasaw",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "awa toklo"
},
{
"code": "cic",
"lang": "Chickasaw",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "pokkó'li awa toklo"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "sap⁶ ji⁶",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "十二"
},
{
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"roman": "sṳ̍p-ngi",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "十二"
},
{
"alt": "拾貳",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shí'èr",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "十二"
},
{
"code": "chk",
"lang": "Chuukese",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "engon me ru"
},
{
"code": "cv",
"lang": "Chuvash",
"roman": "vunikkĕ",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "вуниккӗ"
},
{
"code": "cv",
"lang": "Chuvash",
"roman": "vunik̬ĕ",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "вуникӗ"
},
{
"code": "cv",
"lang": "Chuvash",
"roman": "vunik",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "вуник"
},
{
"code": "nci",
"lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "mahtlāctli omōme"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "on eki"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dvanáct"
},
{
"code": "dlm",
"lang": "Dalmatian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dotco"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "tolv"
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{
"code": "tfn",
"lang": "Dena'ina",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "nutiha beq'di"
},
{
"code": "dv",
"lang": "Dhivehi",
"roman": "bāra",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ބާރަ"
},
{
"code": "dv",
"lang": "Dhivehi",
"roman": "doḷas",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ދޮޅަސް"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "twaalf"
},
{
"code": "dz",
"lang": "Dzongkha",
"roman": "bcu gnyis",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "བཅུ་གཉིས"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dek du"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "kaksteist"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "tólv"
},
{
"code": "fj",
"lang": "Fijian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "tini ka rua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "kaksitoista"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "douze"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dodis"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "doce"
},
{
"code": "cab",
"lang": "Garifuna",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dûsu"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "tormeṭi",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "თორმეტი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "zwölf"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "twalif",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍆"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "dódeka",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "δώδεκα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "dṓdeka",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "δώδεκα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"numeral"
],
"word": "ιβ΄"
},
{
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "aqqaneq-marluk"
},
{
"alt": "૧૨",
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "bār",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "બાર"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "douz"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ʻumikūmālua"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"note": "used in counting",
"roman": "shteim esre",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "שְׁתֵּים־עֶשְׂרֵה"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "shneim asar",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bārah",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "बारह"
},
{
"code": "hop",
"lang": "Hopi",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "pakwt niikyang löqmuy siikya’ta"
},
{
"code": "hu",
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"word": "tizenkettő"
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{
"code": "hrx",
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"word": "zwellef"
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "tólf"
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{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dek-e-du"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dua belas"
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{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "kakstoist"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dó dhéag"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dodici"
},
{
"alt": "じゅうに",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jūni",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "十二"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "hanneraḍu",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ಹನ್ನೆರಡು"
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{
"alt": "12",
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
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"tags": [
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},
{
"code": "krl",
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"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "kaksitostu"
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{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "on ekı",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "он екі"
},
{
"alt": "១២",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "dop pī",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ដប់ពីរ"
},
{
"code": "koi",
"lang": "Komi-Permyak",
"roman": "daskyk",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "даскык"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yeoldul",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "열둘"
},
{
"alt": "十二",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sibi",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "십이"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "dwanze",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "دوانزە"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "dwazde",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "دوازدە"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dazde"
},
{
"code": "sdh",
"lang": "Southern Kurdish",
"roman": "dwazde",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "دوازدە"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "on eki",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "он эки"
},
{
"code": "lld",
"lang": "Ladin",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dodesc"
},
{
"code": "lkt",
"lang": "Lakota",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "akénuŋpa"
},
{
"alt": "໑໒",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sip sǭng",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ສິບສອງ"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "divpadsmit"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "duodecim"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "divpadsmit"
},
{
"code": "lij",
"lang": "Ligurian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dózze"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dvylika"
},
{
"code": "liv",
"lang": "Livonian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "kakštuoistõn"
},
{
"code": "lmo",
"lang": "Lombard",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dodes"
},
{
"code": "lou",
"lang": "Louisiana Creole French",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "douz"
},
{
"code": "nds",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "twölf"
},
{
"code": "nds",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "twolf"
},
{
"alt": "᧑᧒",
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "ṡiibṡoang",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ᦉᦲᧇᦉᦸᧂ"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "zwielef"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dvanáeset",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "двана́есет"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "roa ambinifolo"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dua belas"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "sepuluh dua"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "satu puluh dua"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "pantraṇṭŭ",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "പന്ത്രണ്ട്"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "tnax"
},
{
"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "juwan juwe",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠵᡠᠸᡝ"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "daa yeig"
},
{
"code": "swb",
"lang": "Maore Comorian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "kumi na mbili"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "tekau mā rua"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "older term",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ngahuru mā rua"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "twelve"
},
{
"code": "mnw",
"lang": "Mon",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "စှ်ၜါ"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "arvan xojor",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "арван хоёр"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "arban qoyar",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠠᠷᠪᠠᠨ ᠬᠣᠶᠠᠷ"
},
{
"alt": "12",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"Mongolian",
"numeral"
],
"word": "᠑᠒)"
},
{
"code": "na",
"lang": "Nauruan",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ata ma aro"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "naakitsʼáadah"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "kume na -ili"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "tolv"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dotze"
},
{
"alt": "୧୨ (12)",
"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "barô",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ବାର"
},
{
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ashi-niizh"
},
{
"alt": "в҃і",
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
"roman": "dŭva na desęte",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "дъва на дєсѧтє"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "twelf"
},
{
"code": "pi",
"lang": "Pali",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dvādasa"
},
{
"code": "pdc",
"lang": "Pennsylvania German",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "zwelf"
},
{
"code": "pdc",
"lang": "Pennsylvania German",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "zwelfe"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "davâzdah",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "دوازده"
},
{
"code": "pms",
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dódes"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dwanaście"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"collective"
],
"word": "dwanaścioro"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "doze"
},
{
"alt": "੧੨",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "bārā̃",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ਬਾਰਾਂ"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "chunka iskayniyuq"
},
{
"code": "rhg",
"lang": "Rohingya",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "baró"
},
{
"code": "rgn",
"lang": "Romagnol",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dodṣ"
},
{
"code": "rgn",
"lang": "Romagnol",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dodg"
},
{
"code": "rom",
"lang": "Romani",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "deśuduj"
},
{
"code": "rmf",
"lang": "Kalo Finnish Romani",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "deȟ-o-dui"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"Grischun"
],
"word": "dudesch"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dvenádcatʹ",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "двена́дцать"
},
{
"code": "ksw",
"lang": "S'gaw Karen",
"roman": "ta hsee khee",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "တဆံခံ"
},
{
"code": "smn",
"lang": "Inari",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "kyehtnubáloh"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Sami jezik",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"Northern"
],
"word": "guoktenuppelohkái"
},
{
"code": "sms",
"lang": "Skolt",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "kuâtmlo"
},
{
"code": "sma",
"lang": "Sami jezik",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"Southern"
],
"word": "luhkie göökte"
},
{
"code": "sm",
"lang": "Samoan",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "sefulu lua"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "dvādaśa",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "द्वादश"
},
{
"code": "sat",
"english": "gel bar",
"lang": "Santali",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ᱜᱮᱞ ᱵᱟᱨ"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dóghi"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dà dheug"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "a dhà dheug"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "два́нае̄ст"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "dvánaēst"
},
{
"code": "shn",
"lang": "Shan",
"roman": "síp sǎung",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "သိပ်းသွင်"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "doḷaha",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "දොළහ"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dvanásť"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dvanájst"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dwanasćo"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dwanaće"
},
{
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "on eki",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "он эки"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "doce"
},
{
"code": "srn",
"lang": "Sranan Tongo",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "twarfu"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "kumi na mbili"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "tolv"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "labindalawa"
},
{
"code": "ty",
"lang": "Tahitian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "hō'ē 'ahuru ma piti"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "duvozdah",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "дувоздаҳ"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "paṉṉiraṇṭu",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "பன்னிரண்டு"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "unike",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "унике"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "paṇḍreṇḍu",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "పండ్రెండు"
},
{
"alt": "๑๒",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sìp-sɔ̌ɔng",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "สิบสอง"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "bcu gnyis",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "བཅུ་གཉིས"
},
{
"code": "tig",
"lang": "Tigre",
"roman": "ʿäsr wäkləʾot",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ዐስር ወክልኦት"
},
{
"code": "tig",
"lang": "Tigre",
"roman": "ʿäsr wäkləʾe",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ዐስር ወክልኤ"
},
{
"code": "ti",
"lang": "Tigrinya",
"roman": "ʿasärtä kəltä",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ዓሰርተ ክልተ"
},
{
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "twelv"
},
{
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "wanpela ten tu"
},
{
"code": "to",
"lang": "Tongan",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "hongofulu mā ua"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "on iki"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "on iki"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dvanádcjatʹ",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "двана́дцять"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "bārah",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "بارہ"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "on ikki",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ئون ئىككى"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "oʻn ikki"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dódexe"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "mười hai"
},
{
"code": "wym",
"lang": "Vilamovian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "cwełf"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "degtel"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"english": "older term",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "balsetel"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "doze"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"traditional",
"vigesimal"
],
"word": "deuddeg"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"english": "decimal",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "undeg dau"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"english": "decimal",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "undeg dwy"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "tolf"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "tolve"
},
{
"code": "wo",
"lang": "Wolof",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "fukk ak ñaar"
},
{
"code": "yao",
"lang": "Yao",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "likumi kwisa wili"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "tsvelf",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "צוועלף"
},
{
"code": "esu",
"lang": "Yup'ik",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "qula malruk"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dıwês (diq)"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "desudıdı"
},
{
"code": "za",
"lang": "Zhuang",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "cib ngeih"
},
{
"code": "zun",
"lang": "Zuni",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "asdemłan kwili yałdo'"
}
]
}
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"tags": [
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"US"
]
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{
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"UK",
"US"
]
},
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"New-Zealand"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[tw̥əɫv]",
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"New-Zealand"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/twelv/",
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"New-Zealand"
]
},
{
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"General-Australian",
"New-Zealand"
]
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"Southern-American-English",
"dated"
]
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},
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],
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},
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},
{
"enpr": "twəlv"
},
{
"enpr": "twĕv"
}
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"numeral"
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{
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"tags": [
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"numeral"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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],
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}
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],
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"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "kagduwa"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "daouzek"
},
{
"code": "kxd",
"lang": "Brunei Malay",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dua balas"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dvanádeset",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "двана́десет"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dvanájset",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "двана́йсет"
},
{
"alt": "၁၂",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hcai.hnac",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ဆယ့်နှစ်"
},
{
"code": "bua",
"lang": "Buryat",
"roman": "arban xojor",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "арбан хоёр"
},
{
"code": "rue",
"lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
"roman": "dvanádcjatʹ",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "двана́дцять"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dotze"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "napulog duha"
},
{
"code": "csm",
"lang": "Central Sierra Miwok",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ˀoṭíkšake·ny-"
},
{
"code": "ccc",
"lang": "Chamicuro",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "chunka ma'pojta"
},
{
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "šiı̇tta",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "шийтта"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "talidu",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ᏔᎵᏚ"
},
{
"code": "ny",
"lang": "Chichewa",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "khumi n'ziwiri"
},
{
"code": "cic",
"lang": "Chickasaw",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "awa toklo"
},
{
"code": "cic",
"lang": "Chickasaw",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "pokkó'li awa toklo"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "sap⁶ ji⁶",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "十二"
},
{
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"roman": "sṳ̍p-ngi",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "十二"
},
{
"alt": "拾貳",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shí'èr",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "十二"
},
{
"code": "chk",
"lang": "Chuukese",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "engon me ru"
},
{
"code": "cv",
"lang": "Chuvash",
"roman": "vunikkĕ",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "вуниккӗ"
},
{
"code": "cv",
"lang": "Chuvash",
"roman": "vunik̬ĕ",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "вуникӗ"
},
{
"code": "cv",
"lang": "Chuvash",
"roman": "vunik",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "вуник"
},
{
"code": "nci",
"lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "mahtlāctli omōme"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "on eki"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dvanáct"
},
{
"code": "dlm",
"lang": "Dalmatian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dotco"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "tolv"
},
{
"code": "tfn",
"lang": "Dena'ina",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "nutiha beq'di"
},
{
"code": "dv",
"lang": "Dhivehi",
"roman": "bāra",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ބާރަ"
},
{
"code": "dv",
"lang": "Dhivehi",
"roman": "doḷas",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ދޮޅަސް"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "twaalf"
},
{
"code": "dz",
"lang": "Dzongkha",
"roman": "bcu gnyis",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "བཅུ་གཉིས"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dek du"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "kaksteist"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "tólv"
},
{
"code": "fj",
"lang": "Fijian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "tini ka rua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "kaksitoista"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "douze"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dodis"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "doce"
},
{
"code": "cab",
"lang": "Garifuna",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dûsu"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "tormeṭi",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "თორმეტი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "zwölf"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "twalif",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "𐍄𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍆"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "dódeka",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "δώδεκα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "dṓdeka",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "δώδεκα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"numeral"
],
"word": "ιβ΄"
},
{
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "aqqaneq-marluk"
},
{
"alt": "૧૨",
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "bār",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "બાર"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "douz"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ʻumikūmālua"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"note": "used in counting",
"roman": "shteim esre",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "שְׁתֵּים־עֶשְׂרֵה"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "shneim asar",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂר"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bārah",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "बारह"
},
{
"code": "hop",
"lang": "Hopi",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "pakwt niikyang löqmuy siikya’ta"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "tizenkettő"
},
{
"code": "hrx",
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "zwellef"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "tólf"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dek-e-du"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dua belas"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "kakstoist"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dó dhéag"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dodici"
},
{
"alt": "じゅうに",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jūni",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "十二"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "hanneraḍu",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ಹನ್ನೆರಡು"
},
{
"alt": "12",
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"numeral"
],
"word": "೧೨"
},
{
"code": "krl",
"lang": "Karelian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "kaksitostu"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "on ekı",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "он екі"
},
{
"alt": "១២",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "dop pī",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ដប់ពីរ"
},
{
"code": "koi",
"lang": "Komi-Permyak",
"roman": "daskyk",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "даскык"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yeoldul",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "열둘"
},
{
"alt": "十二",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sibi",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "십이"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "dwanze",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "دوانزە"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "dwazde",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "دوازدە"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dazde"
},
{
"code": "sdh",
"lang": "Southern Kurdish",
"roman": "dwazde",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "دوازدە"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "on eki",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "он эки"
},
{
"code": "lld",
"lang": "Ladin",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dodesc"
},
{
"code": "lkt",
"lang": "Lakota",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "akénuŋpa"
},
{
"alt": "໑໒",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sip sǭng",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ສິບສອງ"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "divpadsmit"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "duodecim"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "divpadsmit"
},
{
"code": "lij",
"lang": "Ligurian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dózze"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dvylika"
},
{
"code": "liv",
"lang": "Livonian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "kakštuoistõn"
},
{
"code": "lmo",
"lang": "Lombard",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dodes"
},
{
"code": "lou",
"lang": "Louisiana Creole French",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "douz"
},
{
"code": "nds",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "twölf"
},
{
"code": "nds",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "twolf"
},
{
"alt": "᧑᧒",
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "ṡiibṡoang",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ᦉᦲᧇᦉᦸᧂ"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "zwielef"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dvanáeset",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "двана́есет"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "roa ambinifolo"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dua belas"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "sepuluh dua"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "satu puluh dua"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "pantraṇṭŭ",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "പന്ത്രണ്ട്"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "tnax"
},
{
"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "juwan juwe",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠵᡠᠸᡝ"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "daa yeig"
},
{
"code": "swb",
"lang": "Maore Comorian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "kumi na mbili"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "tekau mā rua"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "older term",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ngahuru mā rua"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "twelve"
},
{
"code": "mnw",
"lang": "Mon",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "စှ်ၜါ"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "arvan xojor",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "арван хоёр"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "arban qoyar",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠠᠷᠪᠠᠨ ᠬᠣᠶᠠᠷ"
},
{
"alt": "12",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"Mongolian",
"numeral"
],
"word": "᠑᠒)"
},
{
"code": "na",
"lang": "Nauruan",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ata ma aro"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "naakitsʼáadah"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "kume na -ili"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "tolv"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dotze"
},
{
"alt": "୧୨ (12)",
"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "barô",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ବାର"
},
{
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ashi-niizh"
},
{
"alt": "в҃і",
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
"roman": "dŭva na desęte",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "дъва на дєсѧтє"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "twelf"
},
{
"code": "pi",
"lang": "Pali",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dvādasa"
},
{
"code": "pdc",
"lang": "Pennsylvania German",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "zwelf"
},
{
"code": "pdc",
"lang": "Pennsylvania German",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "zwelfe"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "davâzdah",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "دوازده"
},
{
"code": "pms",
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dódes"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dwanaście"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"collective"
],
"word": "dwanaścioro"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "doze"
},
{
"alt": "੧੨",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "bārā̃",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ਬਾਰਾਂ"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "chunka iskayniyuq"
},
{
"code": "rhg",
"lang": "Rohingya",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "baró"
},
{
"code": "rgn",
"lang": "Romagnol",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dodṣ"
},
{
"code": "rgn",
"lang": "Romagnol",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dodg"
},
{
"code": "rom",
"lang": "Romani",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "deśuduj"
},
{
"code": "rmf",
"lang": "Kalo Finnish Romani",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "deȟ-o-dui"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"Grischun"
],
"word": "dudesch"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dvenádcatʹ",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "двена́дцать"
},
{
"code": "ksw",
"lang": "S'gaw Karen",
"roman": "ta hsee khee",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "တဆံခံ"
},
{
"code": "smn",
"lang": "Inari",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "kyehtnubáloh"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Sami jezik",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"Northern"
],
"word": "guoktenuppelohkái"
},
{
"code": "sms",
"lang": "Skolt",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "kuâtmlo"
},
{
"code": "sma",
"lang": "Sami jezik",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"tags": [
"Southern"
],
"word": "luhkie göökte"
},
{
"code": "sm",
"lang": "Samoan",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "sefulu lua"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "dvādaśa",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "द्वादश"
},
{
"code": "sat",
"english": "gel bar",
"lang": "Santali",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "ᱜᱮᱞ ᱵᱟᱨ"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dóghi"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "dà dheug"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
"word": "a dhà dheug"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "cardinal number 12",
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"word": "பன்னிரண்டு"
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