Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "Twelfth-Day" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF TWELFTH-DAY

Twelfth-Day  [ˈtwelfθˌdeɪ] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

WHAT DOES TWELFTH-DAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Twelfth-Day in the English dictionary

The definition of Twelfth-Day in the dictionary is of or relating to January 6th, the twelfth day after Christmas and the feast of the Epiphany, formerly observed as the final day of the Christmas celebrations.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TWELFTH-DAY


all-day
ˈɔːlˌdeɪ
birthday
ˈbɜːθˌdeɪ
doomsday
ˈduːmzˌdeɪ
everyday
ˈɛvrɪˌdeɪ
faraday
ˈfærəˌdeɪ
heyday
ˈheɪˌdeɪ
hobday
ˈhɒbˌdeɪ
holiday
ˈhɒlɪˌdeɪ
man-day
ˈmænˌdeɪ
Mayday
ˈmeɪˌdeɪ
multiday
ˈmʌltɪˌdeɪ
one-day
ˈwʌnˌdeɪ
payday
ˈpeɪˌdeɪ
same-day
ˈseɪmˌdeɪ
schoolday
ˈskuːlˌdeɪ
someday
ˈsʌmˌdeɪ
washday
ˈwɒʃˌdeɪ
weekday
ˈwiːkˌdeɪ
workaday
ˈwɜːkəˌdeɪ
workday
ˈwɜːkˌdeɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TWELFTH-DAY

Twelfth Day
twelfth man
twelfth men
Twelfth Night
twelfth-grade
twelfth-grader
Twelfth-Night
twelfthly
Twelfthtide
twelve
twelve o´clock
twelve pitch
Twelve Tables

WORDS THAT END LIKE TWELFTH-DAY

April Fools´ Day
Ascension Day
Boxing Day
Canada Day
Christmas Day
Father´s Day
Groundhog Day
Inauguration Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Last Day
May Day
Memorial Day
Mother´s Day
New Year´s Day
Saint Valentine´s Day
Thanksgiving Day
the Lord´s Day
V-Day
Veterans Day

Synonyms and antonyms of Twelfth-Day in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Twelfth-Day» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF TWELFTH-DAY

Find out the translation of Twelfth-Day to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Twelfth-Day from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Twelfth-Day» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

十二日
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Doce días
570 millions of speakers

English

Twelfth-Day
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बारहवीं दिवस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اليوم الثاني عشر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Двенадцатый - День
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

XII Dia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টুয়েলফথ-ডে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Douzième jour
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dua Belas-Hari
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zwölften Tag
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

十二日間
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

십이 일
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kaping pindho
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Thứ mười hai ngày
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பன்னிரண்டாவது நாள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बारावा-दिवस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Onikinci Gün
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Dodicesima - Day
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Dzień dwunasty -
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Дванадцятий - День
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

A douăsprezecea zile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Δωδέκατη - Day
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Twaalfde dae
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Tretton -Day
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Tolvte -Day
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Twelfth-Day

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TWELFTH-DAY»

The term «Twelfth-Day» is regularly used and occupies the 83.336 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
61
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «Twelfth-Day» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of Twelfth-Day
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Twelfth-Day».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TWELFTH-DAY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Twelfth-Day» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Twelfth-Day» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Twelfth-Day

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TWELFTH-DAY»

Discover the use of Twelfth-Day in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Twelfth-Day and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Twelfth Day of July
Getting to know Sadie Jackson will change Kevin's life forever. But will the world around them change too? The first of Joan Lingard's ground-breaking Kevin and Sadie books.
Joan Lingard, 2003
2
On the Twelfth Day of Christmas
It's Christmas in New York City and there is a serial killer on the loose.
John Tooke, 2003
3
Articles of Agreement which were entered into ... the ...
... RP'HANS; 'rocanmn wnn'sucu ALTERATIONS AND AMENDMENTS A: have from Time to Time taken Place. *— Irinkcd by H' Teapc, Towchhill. 1531. ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT 'l'h': Twelfth Day of September, in the BANK OF' EliGLAND, .
Bank of England, 1807
4
On the Twelfth Day of Christmas
Amidst the merry revelries of Twelfth Night, a former rake is reunited with a spirited beauty who once rejected his hand in marriage and tempts him to propose once more. Original.
Mona K. Gedney, 2004
5
Twelfth Night: Or, What You Will
(the anniversary of Elizabeth's accession) was substituted for the then perhaps forgotten piece •O ! the twelfth day of December.' 89. but to gabble] Abbott (§ 122) : That is, to prevent you from gabbling. [Where see other examples of this 'but' ...
William Shakespeare, 2001
6
The General Public Statutory Law and Public Local Law of the ...
cavalry on the second Monday in April, second Monday in May, Days of second Monday in June, twelfth day of September, and first pmd“ Tuesday in October; the companies of the first regiment of riflemen on the second Tuesday of April, ...
‎1840
7
Twelfth Night, Or, What You Will
Twelfth Night clearly alludes to the Twelfth Day of Christmas, the sixth day of January (also known as Epiphany). This an important day in the Christian year, deeply grounded in English as well as European history.Indeed,the Elizabethans' per- ...
William Shakespeare, Burton Raffel, Harold Bloom, 2007
8
Congressional Serial Set
Green Turner, colored, testified (see 12th case, eleventh day's proceedings) that he paid Jones $20, but not in the presence of \Vilson, or with his knowledge. Theodore M. Greed, colored, testified (see 21st case, twelfth day's proceedings) that ...
‎1870
9
House Documents
Green Turner, colored, testified (see 12th case, eleventh day's proceedings) that he paid Jones $20, but not in the presence of \Vilsou, or with his knowledge. Theodore M. Greed, colored, testified (soc 21st case, twelfth day's proceedings) that ...
USA House of Representatives, 1870
10
The Every-day Book: Or Everlasting Calendar of Popular ...
On Twelfth-day the people of Germany and the students of its academies chose a king with great ceremony and sumptuous feastings In France, the Twelfth-cake is plain, with a bean ; the drawer of the slice containing the bean is king or queen ...
William Hone, 1826

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Twelfth-Day [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/twelfth-day-1>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z