Feminine

dozzina

Meaning

dozen (twelve or about twelve)

Synonyms

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
doz‧zì‧na
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dodˈd͡zi.na/
Etymology

Likely borrowed from Occitan dotzena, from Old Occitan dotzena, from dotze, from Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim. Displaced earlier dodicina natively derived from dodici, which originates from the same Vulgar Latin source.

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