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noun, feminine

douzaine

/du.zɛn/

noun, feminine/du.zɛn/plural: douzaines

twelve; dozen; about twelve

Inherited from Middle French douzaine, from Old French dozaine, from doze (“twelve”), from Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim. Equivalent to douze + -aine.

douzaine — French Dictionary | Passage