douzaine
French, noun/du.zɛn/
douzaine is spelled D-O-U-Z-A-I-N-E (8 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written French, the 6,801st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Douzaine is a French feminine noun meaning “twelve; dozen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Douze ou à peu près douze”.
What does douzaine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetwelve; dozen
- 2
feminineabout twelve
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Douze ou à peu près douze. 2. Nombre indéterminé, mais qui n’est pas considérable. 3. (Au pluriel, suivi de « de ») Nombre indéterminé estimée plusieurs fois plus élevé que 12, mais probablement moins que quelques centaines.
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 douzaine
- douzaines plural
- 12aine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce douzaine?
- /du.zɛn/
- \du.zɛn\
- [yn du.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 douzaine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is douzaine in French?
douzaine appears 9.8 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).