duodecimal

From duo- +‎ decimal.

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

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

duodecimal (not comparable)

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

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

• base twelve
• dozenal

• duodecic

duodecimal (plural duodecimals)

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

• The Dozenal Society of America

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

duodecimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural duodecimals)

1. (arithmetic, computing) duodecimal

• “duodecimal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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

duodecimal m or f (plural duodecimais)

1. (arithmetic, computing) duodecimal

• “duodecimal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “duodecimal” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

From duodécimo +‎ -al.

• Hyphenation: du‧o‧de‧ci‧mal

duodecimal m or f (plural duodecimais)

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

duodecimal m (plural duodecimais)

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

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

Borrowed from French duodécimal.

• IPA^(key): /ˌdu.o.de.t͡ʃiˈmal/

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

1. duodecimal

• “duodecimal”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

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

duodecimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural duodecimales)

1. duodecimal

• “duodecimal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024