dozen

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Sinónimos

twelve

12

stun

stupefy

xii

cookie-cutter

benumb

XII

daze

Traducións

dozzina

Dutzend

douzaine

docena

dozijn

dúzia

twaalftal

düzine

δωδεκάδα

dizaine

dotze

12

12

douze

12

dodici

12

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈdʌzən/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: 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”).