doce

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• dotze

Etymology

From Latin duodecim.

Numeral

doce

1. twelve

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Asturian

Asturian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : doce     Ordinal : decimosegundu

Alternative forms

• dolce

Etymology

From Latin duodecim.

Numeral

doce (indeclinable)

1. twelve

Derived terms

• docenu

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Galician

Galician cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : doce     Ordinal : duodécimo

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese doze, from Latin duodecim.

Numeral

doce (indeclinable)

1. twelve

Related terms

• ducia

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese doce, from Latin dulcis, dulcem (“sweet”), from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥kú-.

Adjective

doce m or f (plural doces)

1. sweet

Derived terms

• auga doce

Noun

doce m (plural doces)

1. a sweet, confection

Further reading

• “doce”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) docē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of doceō

References

• doce in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin dulcis, dulcem.

Adjective

doce

1. sweet

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Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• doçe

Etymology

From Latin dulcis, dulcem (“sweet”), from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥kú- (“sweet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdo.t͡se/

Adjective

doce (plural doces)

1. sweet
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 278 (facsimile):

     […] que ſon mais doceſ ca mel […]

     […] which are sweeter than honey […]

Descendants

• Galician: doce
• Mirandese: doce
• Portuguese: doce
  • Papiamentu (?): dushi
  • Sãotomense: dochi

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese doce, from Latin dulcis, dulcem (“sweet”), from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥kú- (“sweet”). Compare Galician doce, Spanish dulce, Catalan dolç, Occitan doç, French doux, Italian dolce and Romanian dulce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdo.sɨ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdo.si/
• Hyphenation: do‧ce

Adjective

1. sweet
   • 1902, Fernando Pessoa, Quando ela passa:

     Quando eu me sento à janela / P'los vidros qu'a neve embaça / Vejo a doce imagem d'ela / Quando passa… passa… passa…

     When I sit at the window / I see through the panes clouded by snow / The sweet image of her / When (she) passes… passes… passes…

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:doce.

Noun

doce m (plural doces)

1. sweet, candy
2. (Brazil, slang) LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:doce.

Related terms

• adoçado
• adoçar
• adocicado
• doçaria
• doceiro

 

Further reading

• Template:R:Priberam

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Spanish

Spanish numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: doce     Ordinal: duodécimo, decimosegundo, décimo segundo, doceno     Ordinal abbreviation: 12.º     Multiplier: duodécuplo     Fractional: doceavo, duodécimo
Spanish Wikipedia article on 12

Etymology

From Old Spanish doze, dodze from Latin duodecim. Compare English dozen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈdoθe/ [ˈd̪o.θe]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈdose/ [ˈd̪o.se]

Numeral

doce

1. twelve

Related terms

• doceno/docena
• dos
• diez