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doce

Aragonese

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Etymology

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From Old Navarro-Aragonese doze, from Latin duodecim.

Numeral

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doce

  1. twelve

Asturian

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Asturian cardinal numbers
 <  11 12 13  > 
    Cardinal : doce
    Ordinal : decimosegundu

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Etymology

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From Latin duodecim.

Numeral

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doce (indeclinable)

  1. twelve

Derived terms

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Franco-Provençal

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Adjective

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doce

  1. feminine singular of dox

Galician

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈdoθe/ [ˈd̪o.θɪ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /ˈdose/ [ˈd̪o.sɪ]

 

  • Hyphenation: do‧ce

Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese doze, from Latin duodecim.

Numeral

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doce (indeclinable)

  1. twelve

Noun

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doce f pl (plural only)

  1. (always preceded by the definite article) twelve o'clock
    Synonym: doce en punto
    Son as doce ― It's twelve o'clock.
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Etymology 2

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    From Old Galician-Portuguese doce, from Latin dulcis (“sweet”).

     
    Doces (confections)

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    Adjective

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    doce m or f (plural doces)

    1. sweet
      • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:
        Dime algùnha còusa dòce
        como habes doito, é catá,
        que si así no no fazèdes,
        me escatìmo, é velo hàs.
        Ven sabedes, vaiche bòa!
        como estas cousas se fàn,
        è madia tendes, senon
        eu êime de encabuxar.
        Tell me something sweet
        As you use to, but beware,
        if you don't do it like that
        I'll take offence, you'll see.
        You know well, it could not be otherwise!
        how these things are done,
        no doubt about it or else
        I'll get angry.
    Derived terms
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    Noun

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    doce m (plural doces)

    1. sweet (candy), confection

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    Latin

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    Verb

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    docē

    1. second-person singular present active imperative of doceō

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    Neapolitan

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Latin dulcem. Compare Sicilian duci.

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    • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈɾoːt͡ʃə]

    Adjective

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    doce

    1. sweet

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    • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1266: “una mela dolce” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

    Old Galician-Portuguese

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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      From Latin dulcem, accusative of dulcis (“sweet”).

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      Adjective

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      doce m or f (plural doces)

      1. sweet

      Descendants

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      • Fala: doci
      • Galician: doce
      • Portuguese: doce (see there for further descendants)

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      Portuguese

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      Etymology

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        From Old Galician-Portuguese doce, from Latin dulcem (“sweet”). Doublet of Dulce.

        Compare Guaraní doce and Sicilian duci.

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        • Hyphenation: do‧ce

        Adjective

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        doce m or f (plural doces)

        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…
          • 2010, Marcial Serrano, O Livro Proibido do Jiu Jitsu: Volume 3, Clube de Autores, page 40:
            Enquanto isso vai tomando o doce saqué, em minúsculas tijelinhas[sic] brancas, quase do tamanho de um dedal.
            (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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        Noun

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        doce m (plural doces)

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

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        Spanish numbers (edit)
         ←  11 12 13  → 
            Cardinal: doce
            Ordinal: duodécimo, decimosegundo, décimo segundo, doceno
            Ordinal abbreviation: 12.º
            Multiplier: duodécuplo
            Fractional: doceavo, duodécimo
        Spanish Wikipedia article on 12

        Etymology

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

        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈdoθe/ [ˈd̪o.θe]
        • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈdose/ [ˈd̪o.se]
        • Audio (Colombia):(file)
        • Rhymes: -oθe
        • Rhymes: -ose
        • Syllabification: do‧ce

        Numeral

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        doce

        1. twelve
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        Descendants

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