xii

Other forms of xii

plural

xiis·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about xii

What does xii mean?

xii means "the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in xii?

xii has 1 syllable: xii.

What is another word for xii?

Close synonyms include twelve, 12, dozen, twelve, 12. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is xii a common word?

xii is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.