douzaine

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French douzaine (“dozen”). === Noun === douzaine (plural douzaines) (Guernsey) A parish council, consisting of a dean and twelve douzeniers. ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French douzaine, from Old French dozaine, from doze (“twelve”), from Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim. Equivalent to douze +‎ -aine. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /du.zɛn/ Rhymes: -ɛn === Noun === douzaine f (plural douzaines) (a group of) twelve; dozen about twelve ==== Related terms ==== centaine, cinquantaine, dizaine, huitaine, quarantaine, quinzaine, soixantaine, trentaine, vingtaine ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: douzèn → Danish: dusin → English: dozen, douzaine → Norwegian: dusin → Russian: дю́жина (djúžina) (see there for further descendants) === See also === grosse === Further reading === “douzaine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012