docena

Asturian

Adjective

docena

1. feminine singular of docenu

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish dozena, feminine of dozeno (“twelfth”), from doze (“twelve”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /doˈθena/ [d̪oˈθe.na]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /doˈsena/ [d̪oˈse.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: do‧ce‧na

Noun

docena f (plural docenas)

1. dozen

Derived terms

• adocenar

 

Related terms

• doce

 

Adjective

docena

1. feminine singular of doceno

Further reading

• “doceno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014