dizaine

From dix +‎ -aine.

• IPA^(key): /di.zɛn/

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dizaine f (plural dizaines)

1. a set of ten
2. about ten
   • 1894, Crafty, À travers Paris, page 28:

     On assure que les gens ordinairement doués sont, après une dizaine de leçons, en état de se diriger convenablement.

     It is assured that ordinarily gifted people are, after about ten lessons, in a position to properly direct themselves.

• centaine, cinquantaine, douzaine, huitaine, quarantaine, quinzaine, soixantaine, trentaine, vingtaine

• “dizaine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /dʲɪˈzaɪ̯nʲɛ/

dizáine

1. locative/vocative singular of dizáinas (“design”)