doceavo

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Spanish

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    Cardinal: doce
    Ordinal: duodécimo, decimosegundo, décimo segundo, doceno
    Ordinal abbreviation: 12.º
    Multiplier: duodécuplo
    Fractional: doceavo, duodécimo

Etymology

From doce +‎ -avo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /doθeˈabo/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /doseˈabo/
  • Rhymes: -abo
  • Syllabification: do‧ce‧a‧vo

Adjective

doceavo (feminine doceava, masculine plural doceavos, feminine plural doceavas)

  1. (fractional number) twelfth
    Synonym: duodécimo
    una doceava partea twelfth part
  2. (proscribed, ordinal number) twelfth
    Synonyms: decimosegundo, décimo segundo, duodécimo
    • 2015 October 25, “El peso de la formación empresarial”, in El País:
      IESE se preocupa por informar que ocupa la séptima posición en este exclusivo ránking desde varios años, IE ha escalado una posición hasta el doceavo puesto, y ESADE ha subido del 22 al 19.
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Noun

doceavo m (plural doceavos)

  1. (fractional number) twelfth
    Synonym: duodécimo
    cinco doceavosfive twelfths (512)

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