docena
Asturian
Adjective
docena
- feminine singular of docenu
Chavacano
Etymology
Inherited from Spanish docena, from Old Spanish dozena, feminine of dozeno (“twelfth”), from doze (“twelve”).
Adjective
docena
Descendants
- → Tausug: dusina
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish dozena, feminine of dozeno (“twelfth”), from doze (“twelve”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /doˈθena/ [d̪oˈθe.na] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /doˈsena/ [d̪oˈse.na] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -ena
- Syllabification: do‧ce‧na
Noun
docena f (plural docenas)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Adjective
docena
- feminine singular of doceno
Further reading
- “doceno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024