duodecimo

See also: duodécimo

English

Etymology

Latin ablative of duodecimus (twelfth) (from duodecim 'twelve', from duo 'two' + decem 'ten')

Noun

duodecimo (plural duodecimos)

  1. (paper, printing) A size of paper, so called because it is originally made by folding and cutting a single sheet from a printing press into 12 leaves; (5 by 7¾ inches): 6.5 to 7.5 inches high, approximately 4.5 inches wide.
  2. A sheet or page of that size.
  3. (printing) A book having pages of that size.
    • 2015, {{w:William Logan (poet)|William Logan}}, "A Critics Notebook," Guilty Knowledge, Guilty Pleasure, p. 304:
      In recent years, I have taken to reading while walking. I believe the Romantics were guilty of such behavior; a duodecimo was small enough to fit into a jacket pocket.

Synonyms

Translations

English paper and book sizes
Latin folio quarto sexto octavo duodecimo sextodecimo octodecimo vicesimo-quarto trigesimo-secundo quadragesimo-octavo sexagesimo-quarto
ALA F Q   O D S T   Tt Fe Sf
ht. (cm) > 30 25-30 25-30 20-25 17.5-20 15-17.5 12.5-15 12.5-15 10-12.5 7.5-10 < 7.5
printers' folio quarto sixmo octavo twelvemo sixteenmo eighteenmo twenty-fourmo thirty-twomo forty-eightmo sixty-fourmo
abbrev. fo or f 4to 6to or 6mo 8vo 12mo 16mo 18mo 24mo 32mo 48mo 64mo
abbrev. 12º 16º 18º 24º 32º 48º 64º
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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin in duodecimō (in a twelfth), from duodecimus (twelfth).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: duo‧de‧ci‧mo

Noun

duodecimo n (plural duodecimo's, diminutive duodecimootje n)

  1. A size of paper, so called because it is originally made by folding and cutting a single sheet from a printing press into 12 leaves; (5 by 7¾ inches): 6.5 to 7.5 inches high, approximately 4.5 inches wide.
  2. A page of that size; hence, a whole book having pages of that size

Italian

Etymology

Latin duodecimus.

Adjective

duodecimo (feminine singular duodecima, masculine plural duodecimi, feminine plural duodecime)

  1. (literary) twelfth

Synonyms


Latin

Adjective

duodecimō

  1. dative masculine singular of duodecimus
  2. dative neuter singular of duodecimus
  3. ablative masculine singular of duodecimus
  4. ablative neuter singular of duodecimus
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