Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

twelve days of christmas

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables: twelve -days of christ-mas
IPA

41

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

3

Syllables

16

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany; Christmas season, Christmas time, Christmastide, Twelvetide. The Christmas season traditionally ended with the feast of the Epiphany on January 6.

noun

An 18th-century English Christmas carol which describes a series of successively grand gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas.

Inflected Forms

The Twelve Days of Christmas (canonical)

Frequently Paired Words

Advent Epiphany

Synonyms

Christmas season Christmastide Christmas time Twelvetide

Questions

What does twelve days of christmas mean?: The season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany; Christmas season, Christmas time, Christmastide, Twelvetide. The Christmas season traditionally ended with the feast of the Epiphany on January 6.

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