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docena

1. feminine singular of docenu

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

• IPA^(key): /doˈsena/ [do.ˈse.na]
• Hyphenation: do‧ce‧na

docena

1. dozen

• → Tausug: dusina

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

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

docena f (plural docenas)

1. dozen

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

docena

1. feminine singular of doceno

• “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