dozena

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish docena.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dos̻ena/ [d̪o.s̻e.na]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /dos̻ena/ [d̪o.s̻e.na]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /dos̺ena/ [d̪o.s̺e.na]

• Rhymes: -ena, -a
• Hyphenation: do‧ze‧na

Noun

dozena inan

1. dozen

   Synonym: hamabiko

Declension

Declension of dozena (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	dozena	dozena	dozenak	dozenok
ergative	dozenak	dozenak	dozenek	dozenok
dative	dozenari	dozenari	dozenei	dozenoi
genitive	dozenaren	dozenaren	dozenen	dozenon
comitative	dozenarekin	dozenarekin	dozenekin	dozenokin
causative	dozenarengatik	dozenarengatik	dozenengatik	dozenongatik
benefactive	dozenarentzat	dozenarentzat	dozenentzat	dozenontzat
instrumental	dozenaz	dozenaz	dozenez	dozenotaz
inessive	dozenatan	dozenan	dozenetan	dozenotan
locative	dozenatako	dozenako	dozenetako	dozenotako
allative	dozenatara	dozenara	dozenetara	dozenotara
terminative	dozenataraino	dozenaraino	dozenetaraino	dozenotaraino
directive	dozenatarantz	dozenarantz	dozenetarantz	dozenotarantz
destinative	dozenatarako	dozenarako	dozenetarako	dozenotarako
ablative	dozenatatik	dozenatik	dozenetatik	dozenotatik
partitive	dozenarik	—	—	—
prolative	dozenatzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• dozena-erdi (“half a dozen”)
• dozenaka (“in dozens”)

Further reading

• “dozena”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “dozena”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Malagasy

Alternative forms

• dizena

Etymology

From English dozen.

Noun

dozena

1. dozen

Old Spanish

Adjective

dozena

1. feminine singular of dozeno

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈzẽ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /duˈze.nɐ/

• Rhymes: -enɐ
• Hyphenation: do‧ze‧na

Etymology 1

From doze + -ena.

Noun

dozena f (plural dozenas)

1. dozen (group of twelve)

   Synonyms: dúzia, dozeno

Related terms

• doze

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

dozena

1. feminine singular of dozeno

Further reading

• “dozena”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “dozena”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026