docena

Asturian

Adjective

docena

1. feminine singular of docenu

Chavacano

Etymology

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

Noun

docena

1. dozen

Descendants

• → Tausug: dusina

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

docena f (plural docenas)

1. dozen

Derived terms

• adocenar
• docena del fraile

Related terms

• doce

Descendants

• > Chavacano: docena (inherited)
• → Cebuano: dosena
• → Ilocano: dosena
• → Tagalog: dosena

Adjective

docena

1. feminine singular of doceno

Further reading

• “doceno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025