duodecimal

See also: duodécimal

English

Etymology

From duo- +‎ decimal.

Pronunciation

• enPR: d(y)o͞o'-ō-dĕsʹ-ĭm-əl, IPA^(key): /ˌd(j)uː.əʊ.ˈdɛs.ɪm.əl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: du‧o‧de‧cim‧al
• Rhymes: -ɛsɪməl

Adjective

duodecimal (not comparable)

1. (arithmetic) Of a number, expressed in base twelve.

   6B4 is the duodecimal notation for the decimal number 1000.

Synonyms

• base twelve
• dozenal

Related terms

• duodecic

Translations

expressed in a base-twelve number system

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: дванадесетичен (dvanadesetičen) Catalan: duodecimal Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: duodesimaalinen French: duodécimal (fr) Friulian: duodecimâl Georgian: please add this translation if you can Greek: δωδεκαδικός (el) (dodekadikós) Hungarian: duodecimális, tizenkettes (hu) Irish: dódheachúlach Italian: duodecimale Japanese: 十二進法の (ja) (jūnishinpō no) Korean: please add this translation if you can Polish: dwunastkowy (pl) Portuguese: duodecimal Russian: двенадцатери́чный (ru) (dvenadcateríčnyj) Spanish: duodecimal

Noun

duodecimal (plural duodecimals)

1. (arithmetic) A number system that uses twelve as its base.

Translations

base-twelve number system

Finnish: duodesimaalijärjestelmä (fi), kaksitoistajärjestelmä German: Duodezimalsystem (de) n Irish: dódheachúil f Japanese: 十二進法 (ja) (jūnishinpō)

Further reading

• The Dozenal Society of America

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [du.u.ðə.siˈmal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [du.o.ðə.siˈmal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [du.o.ðe.siˈmal]

Adjective

duodecimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural duodecimals)

1. (arithmetic, computing) duodecimal

Further reading

• “duodecimal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /duodɛθiˈmal/ [d̪u.o.ð̞ɛ.θiˈmɑɫ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /duodɛθiˈmal/ [d̪u.o.ð̞ɛ.θiˈmɑɫ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /duodɛsiˈmal/ [d̪u.o.ð̞ɛ.siˈmɑɫ]

• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: du‧o‧de‧ci‧mal

Adjective

duodecimal m or f (plural duodecimais)

1. (arithmetic, computing) duodecimal

Further reading

• “duodecimal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /du.o.de.siˈmaw/ [dʊ.o.de.siˈmaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /dwo.de.siˈmaw/ [dwo.de.siˈmaʊ̯]

Adjective

duodecimal m or f (plural duodecimais)

1. (arithmetic, computing) duodecimal (concerning numbers expressed in duodecimal or calculations using duodecimal)

Noun

duodecimal m (plural duodecimais)

1. (countable) duodecimal (number expressed in the duodecimal system)

Further reading

• “duodecimal” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French duodécimal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdu.o.de.t͡ʃiˈmal/

Adjective

duodecimal m or n (feminine singular duodecimală, masculine plural duodecimali, feminine and neuter plural duodecimale)

1. duodecimal

Declension

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	duodecimal		duodecimală	duodecimali	duodecimale
	definite	duodecimalul		duodecimala	duodecimalii	duodecimalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	duodecimal		duodecimale	duodecimali	duodecimale
	definite	duodecimalului		duodecimalei	duodecimalilor	duodecimalelor

Declension of duodecimal

Further reading

• duodecimal in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /dwodeθiˈmal/ [d̪wo.ð̞e.θiˈmal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /dwodesiˈmal/ [d̪wo.ð̞e.siˈmal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: duo‧de‧ci‧mal

Adjective

duodecimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural duodecimales)

1. duodecimal

Further reading

• “duodecimal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014