12

See also: 12. and ⑫

Translingual

Symbol

12 (previous 11, next 13)

1. The cardinal number twelve.

Alternative forms

• Aegean numerals: please add, if you can
• Arabic (Eastern) numerals: ١٢
• Arabic (Western) numerals: 12
• Armenian numerals: ԺԲ
• Assamese numerals: ১২
• Balinese numerals: ᭑᭒
• Bengali numerals: ১২
• Brahmi numerals: 𑁛𑁓, (place notation) 𑁧𑁨
• Chakma numerals: 𑄷𑄸
• Cham numerals: ꩑꩒
• Chinese numerals: 十二
• CJK tally marks: 𝍶𝍶𝍳
• Counting rod numerals: 𝍠𝍪
• Devanagari numerals: १२
• Dhives Akuru numerals: please add, if you can
• Egyptian numerals: 𓎆𓏻
• Ethiopic numerals: ፲፪
• Garay numerals: please add, if you can
• Gothic numerals: 𐌹𐌱
• Greek numerals: ΙΒ΄, ιβ΄
• Gujarati numerals: ૧૨
• Gurmukhi numerals: ੧੨
• Indic Siyaq numerals: please add, if you can
• Hanifi Rohingya numerals: 𐴱𐴲‎
• Hebrew numerals: י״ב
• Javanese numerals: ꧑꧒
• Kaktovik numerals: 𝋌
• Kannada numerals: ೧೨
• Kawi numerals: please add, if you can
• Kayah Li numerals: ꤁꤂
• Khmer numerals: ១២
• Khudawadi numerals: 𑋱𑋲
• Lanna numerals: (secular) ᪁᪂, (religious) ᪑᪒
• Lao numerals: ໑໒
• Lepcha numerals: ᱁᱂
• Limbu numerals: ᥇᥈
• Malayalam numerals: ൧൨
• Maya numerals: 𝋬
• Mende Kikakui numerals: please add, if you can
• Meroitic cursive numerals: please add, if you can
• Meitei numerals: ꯱꯲
• Mongolian numerals: ᠑᠒
• Myanmar numerals: ၁၂
• N'Ko numerals: ߁߂
• Ol Chiki numerals: ᱑᱒
• Old Persian numerals: please add, if you can
• Odia numerals: ୧୨
• Osmanya numerals: 𐒡𐒢
• Ottoman Siyaq numerals: please add, if you can
• Pahawh Hmong numerals: please add, if you can
• Persian numerals: ۱۲
• Roman numerals: XII, xii
• Saurashtra numerals: ꣑꣒
• Sharada numerals: 𑇑𑇒
• Sinhalese numerals: ෧෨, (archaic) 𑇪𑇢
• Sundanese numerals: ᮱᮲
• Takri numerals: 𑛁𑛂
• Tally marks: 𝍸𝍸𝍷𝍷
• Tamil numerals: ௰௨
• Telugu numerals: ౧౨
• Thai numerals: ๑๒
• Tibetan numerals: ༡༢
• Tirhuta numerals: 𑓑𑓒
• Warang Citi numerals: 𑣡𑣢

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “sense “police””)

Noun

12 (countable and uncountable, plural 12s)

1. (sports, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 1260 (“1260° spin”).
2. (US, slang, derogatory) Police or law enforcement, collectively.

   fuck 12 ― fuck the police

Symbol

12

1. (sports) Used by fans of American football, positioning themselves as the 12th member of an 11-player team.
2. (neo-Nazism) Alphanumeric code for "AB", referring to the Aryan Brotherhood.

See also

• 12-gon

Further reading

• 12th man (football) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia