dozen

Mane (Îngilîzî)

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.

Wekî (IPA) tê gotin

/ˈdʌzən/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

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”).