duodécimain
French, noun/dɥɔ.de.si.mɛ̃/
duodécimain is spelled D-U-O-D-É-C-I-M-A-I-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written French, the 279,127th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Duodécimain is a French masculine noun meaning “Twelver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partisan du chiisme duodécimain”.
What does duodécimain mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Twelver
noun
- 1
masculineTwelver
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui s'inscrit dans la tradition chiite selon laquelle Al-Askari a eu un fils, l'« imam caché », qui constitue le « douzième imam ».
noun: 1. Partisan du chiisme duodécimain.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of duodécimain
- duodécimaine feminine
- duodécimains masculine plural
- duodécimaines feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce duodécimain?
- /dɥɔ.de.si.mɛ̃/
- \dɥɔ.de.si.mɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to duodécimain
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is duodécimain in French?
duodécimain appears about once in every 79 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).