dozen

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. A set of twelve.
2. A large, unspecified number of, comfortably estimated in small multiples of twelve, thus generally implied to be significantly more than ten or twelve, but less than perhaps one or two hundred; many.
3. An old English measure of ore containing 12 hundredweight.
4. The number twelve.

Έννοιες

δωδεκάδα

ντουζίνα

Συνώνυμα

twelve

12

stun

stupefy

xii

cookie-cutter

benumb

XII

daze

Μεταφράσεις

dozzina

Dutzend

douzaine

docena

dozijn

dúzia

twaalftal

düzine

dizaine

dotze

12

dodici

12

12

tientallen

12

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈdʌzən/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: dozen

In summary

From Middle English dozen, dozein, doseyne, from Old French dozaine (“a group of twelve”) (Modern French douzaine), from doze (“twelve”) + -aine (“-ish”), from Latin duodecim (“twelve”) (from duo (“two”) + decem (“ten”)) + -ana (“-ish”).