tizenkét

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Hungarian

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Hungarian numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: tizenkettő, tizenkét
    Nominal: tizenkettes
    Ordinal: tizenkettedik
    Day of month: tizenkettedike
    A.o.: tizenkettedszer, tizenkettedjére
    Adverbial: tizenkétszer
    Multiplier: tizenkétszeres
    Distributive: tizenkettesével
    Fractional: tizenketted
    Number of people: tizenketten

Etymology

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tizen- +‎ két

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtizɛŋkeːt]
  • Hyphenation: ti‧zen‧két
  • Rhymes: -eːt

Numeral

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tizenkét

  1. twelve
    Synonym: tizenkettő
    Tizenkét dühös ember12 Angry Men

Usage notes

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The numeral két (two) and the adjective kis (small, little) can only stand adjectively, before a noun (e.g. két alma (two apples) and kis alma (a small apple)). If they were to occur on their own (possibly also inflected), predicatively, or in reference to a whole noun phrase, the terms kettő (two) and kicsi (small) must be used instead: Csak kettő van (There are only two), Csak kicsi van (There is a small one only.) The same applies to compound numerals like tizenkét and tizenkettő (twelve). In terms of distribution, két and kis are like English sick (sick people ~ két/kis alma) while kettő and kicsi resemble ill (they are ill ~ csak kettő/kicsi van). The longer forms are definitely broader in use as they may also occur adjectively, whether for emphasis or as a form of colloquialism. As a rule of thumb, the short variants (két, kis) never stand on their own.

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