dizaine
French, noun/di.zɛn/
dizaine is spelled D-I-Z-A-I-N-E (7 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written French, the 3,391st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dizaine is a French feminine noun meaning “a set of ten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Groupe de dix unités”.
What does dizaine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea set of ten
- 2
feminineabout ten
- 3
femininetens (in arithmetic)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Groupe de dix unités. 2. La position du chiffre des multiples de dix dans l'écriture d'un nombre. 3. Environ dix.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dizaine
- dizaines plural
- 10ⁿᵉ rare
- 10aine
- 10zaine
- dixaine dated
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dizaine?
- /di.zɛn/
- \di.zɛn\
- [di.zɛn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dizaine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dizaine in French?
dizaine appears 23 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).