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Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English *dosen, from Old Norse dúsa (to doze, rest, remain quiet), from Proto-Germanic *dusāną (to be dizzy), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews- (to fly, whirl), from *dʰew- (to fly, shake, reek, steam, smolder).

Cognate with Old Frisian dusia (to be dizzy), German Low German dösen (to doze), German dösen (to doze), Danish døse (to doze), dialectal Swedish dusa (to doze, slumber), Icelandic dúsa (to doze), Old English dysiġ (foolish, stupid), Scots dosnit (stunned, stupefied), Icelandic dúra (to nap, slumber), also compare Dutch doezelen (to doze). More at dizzy.

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Verb edit

doze (third-person singular simple present dozes, present participle dozing, simple past and past participle dozed)

  1. (intransitive) To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.
    I didn’t sleep very well, but I think I may have dozed a bit.
  2. (transitive) To make dull; to stupefy.
    • 1666, Samuel Pepys, diary dated 13 October, 1666:
      I was an hour [] in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work.
    • October 29, 1693, Robert South, a sermon preached at Christ-church in Oxford before the university
      They left for a long time (as it were) dozed and benumbed.
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Noun edit

doze (plural dozes)

  1. A light, short sleep or nap.
    I felt much better after a short doze.
    • 1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 285:
      Others who conscientiously attended the Technical College at night often drooped over their desks in a doze, and one does not wonder at it.
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Etymology 2 edit

Clipping of bulldoze.

Verb edit

doze (third-person singular simple present dozes, present participle dozing, simple past and past participle dozed)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To bulldoze.

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Determiner edit

doze

  1. Pronunciation spelling of those.
    • 1987, Don Rosa, Recalled Wreck:
      Donald Duck: I'll give you $20 for those old license plates on your fence posts!
      Other man: Hah? No chance! I bought dis house 'cause it has dis address! It's me lucky number! [] It was me prison number at Leavenworst and de winning number in de weekly parole lottery! I wudn't never sell doze plates!

Aragonese edit

Aragonese cardinal numbers
 <  11 12 13  > 
    Cardinal : doze

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Etymology edit

From Latin duodecim.

Numeral edit

doze

  1. twelve

Galician edit

Galician numbers (edit)
[a], [b] ←  11 12 13  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal (reintegrationist): doze
    Cardinal (standard): doce
    Ordinal: duodécimo, décimo segundo
    Ordinal abbreviation: 12º
    Fractional (reintegrationist): doze avos
    Fractional (standard): doceavo

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese doze, from Latin duodecim.

Numeral edit

doze (reintegrationist norm)

  1. twelve

Further reading edit

  • doze” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Old French edit

cardinal number
12 Previous: onze
Next: treze

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim.

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

doze

  1. twelve

Derived terms edit

  • dozaine (dozen)
    • French: douzaine (see there for further descendants)
    • Middle Dutch: dosine
      • Dutch: dozijn (see there for further descendants)
    • Middle English: dozen, dozein, dozeyne
      • English: dozen (see there for further descendants)
    • Middle High German: totzan, totzen

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Portuguese edit

Portuguese numbers (edit)
 ←  11 12 13  → 
    Cardinal: doze
    Ordinal: décimo segundo, duodécimo
    Ordinal abbreviation: 12.º
    Multiplier: duodécuplo
    Fractional: duodécimo, doze avos

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ozi
  • Hyphenation: do‧ze

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese doze, from Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim.

Numeral edit

doze m or f

  1. twelve
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Etymology 2 edit

Abbreviation of calibre 12 (12-gauge).

Noun edit

doze f (plural dozes)

  1. (Brazil, colloquial) shotgun (gun which fires loads consisting of small metal balls)

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

doze f (plural dozes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of dose

Walloon edit

Etymology edit

From Old French doze, from Vulgar Latin *dōdeci, from Latin duodecim.

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Numeral edit

doze

  1. twelve