doce

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• dotze

Etymology

From Navarro-Aragonese doze, from Latin duodecim.

Numeral

doce

1. twelve

Asturian

Asturian cardinal numbers

<  11	12	13  >
Cardinal : doce     Ordinal : decimosegundu

Alternative forms

• dolce

Etymology

From Latin duodecim.

Numeral

doce (indeclinable)

1. twelve

Derived terms

• docenu

Franco-Provençal

Adjective

doce

1. feminine singular of dox

Galician

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

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoθe/ [ˈd̪o.θɪ]

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

 

• Rhymes: -oθe

• Rhymes: -oθe
• Rhymes: -ose

• Hyphenation: do‧ce

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese doze, from Latin duodecim.

Numeral

doce (indeclinable)

1. twelve

Noun

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.

Related terms

• ducia

Etymology 2

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

Doces (confections)

Alternative forms

• dulce (proscribed)

Adjective

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

• auga doce
• herba doce

Noun

doce m (plural doces)

1. sweet (candy), confection

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “doce”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “doce”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “doce”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “doce”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Latin

Verb

docē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of doceō

References

• doce in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dulcem. Compare Sicilian duci.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈɾoːt͡ʃə]

Adjective

doce

1. sweet

References

• 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

Alternative forms

• doçe

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdot͡se/
• Rhymes: -ot͡se
• Hyphenation: do‧ce

Adjective

doce m or f (plural doces)

1. sweet
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 278 (facsimile):

     […] que ſon mais doceſ ca mel […]

     […] which are sweeter than honey […]

Descendants

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

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “doce”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “doce”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Compare Guaraní doce and Sicilian duci.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.si/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.si/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.se/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.sɨ/

• Hyphenation: do‧ce

Adjective

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…

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:doce.

Descendants

• Macanese: dóci
• >? Papiamentu: dushi
• Sãotomense: dochi

Noun

doce m (plural doces)

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

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:doce.

Related terms

• adoçado
• adoçar
• adocicado
• adocicar
• doçaria
• doceiro

 

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Doss

Further reading

• “doce”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈdoθe/ [ˈd̪o.θe]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈdose/ [ˈd̪o.se]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oθe
• Rhymes: -ose
• Syllabification: do‧ce

Numeral

doce

1. twelve

Related terms

• diez
• doceavo
• docena
• doceno
• dos

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: dose
• → Tagalog: dose

Further reading

• “doce”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10