"douzaine" meaning in French

See douzaine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /du.zɛn/ Audio: Fr-douzaine.ogg Forms: douzaines [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛn Etymology: Inherited from Middle French douzaine, from Old French dozaine, from doze (“twelve”), from Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim. Equivalent to douze + -aine. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|douzaine|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French douzaine, {{inh+|fr|frm|douzaine}} Inherited from Middle French douzaine, {{inh|fr|fro|dozaine}} Old French dozaine, {{inh|fr|VL.||*dōdeci}} Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, {{inh|fr|la|duodecim}} Latin duodecim, {{af|fr|douze|-aine}} douze + -aine Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} douzaine f (plural douzaines)
  1. (a group of) twelve; dozen Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Twelve
    Sense id: en-douzaine-fr-noun-KfFYGOXX Disambiguation of Twelve: 54 46 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -aine Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -aine: 50 50
  2. about twelve Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Twelve
    Sense id: en-douzaine-fr-noun-USqGTAiF Disambiguation of Twelve: 54 46 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -aine Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -aine: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: centaine, cinquantaine, dizaine, huitaine, quarantaine, quinzaine, soixantaine, trentaine, vingtaine, grosse

Inflected forms

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          "expansion": "→ Norwegian:",
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      "text": "→ Norwegian: dusin"
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "dizaine"
    },
    {
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      "word": "huitaine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "quarantaine"
    },
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    },
    {
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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            "Terms by semantic function",
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          "twelve",
          "twelve"
        ]
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/du.zɛn/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛn"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "French terms derived from Middle French",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Middle French",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
    "French terms suffixed with -aine",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:French/ɛn",
    "Rhymes:French/ɛn/2 syllables",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Haitian Creole: douzèn"
    },
    {
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        {
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          "expansion": "→ Danish: dusin",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: dusin"
    },
    {
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        {
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      ],
      "text": "→ English: douzaine"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian: dusin"
    },
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        },
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        }
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    }
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  "forms": [
    {
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        "plural"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "dizaine"
    },
    {
      "word": "huitaine"
    },
    {
      "word": "quarantaine"
    },
    {
      "word": "quinzaine"
    },
    {
      "word": "soixantaine"
    },
    {
      "word": "trentaine"
    },
    {
      "word": "vingtaine"
    },
    {
      "word": "grosse"
    }
  ],
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        "twelve; dozen"
      ],
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          "dozen"
        ]
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        "about twelve"
      ],
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          "twelve"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/du.zɛn/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛn"
    }
  ],
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}

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