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has glosseng: A dozen is a unit of measurement. It means twelve (12) items of something. The term goes back to duodecim, which means 12 in Latin. Humans might have started to count on a base 12 because there are approximately 12 cycles of the moon in one cycle of the sun. In other words, a solar year has 12 months. The first to have used the unit were probably the Mesopotamians.
has glosseng: Dozen is another word for the number twelve. The dozen may be one of the earliest primitive groupings, perhaps because there are approximately a dozen cycles of the moon or months in a cycle of the sun or year. The dozen is convenient because its multiples and divisors are convenient: 12 = 2 × 2 × 3, 3 × 4 = 2 × 6, 60 = 12 × 5, 360 = 12 × 30. The use of twelve as a base number, known as the duodecimal system (also as dozenal), probably originated in Mesopotamia (see also sexagesimal). Twelve dozen (122 = 144, the duodecimal 100) are known as a gross; and twelve gross (123 = 1,728, the duodecimal 1,000) are called a great gross, a term most often used when shipping or buying items in bulk. A great hundred, also known as a small gross, is 120 or ten dozen (a dozen for each finger on both hands). A baker's dozen, also known as a long dozen, is thirteen.
lexicalizationeng: dozen
instance of(noun) a concept of quantity involving zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence"
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Czech
has glossces: Tucet je synonymní výraz pro dvanáct. Na rozdíl od anglofonních zemí se v dnešní češtině tohoto výrazu užívá jen zřídka a v mnoha kontextech je pociťován jako archaismus.
lexicalizationces: Tucet
Danish
has glossdan: Dusin er et antal på 12 stykker. Ordet dusin kommer fra latin duodecim. Duo betyder tve eller to. Deci betyder ti.
lexicalizationdan: Dusin
German
has glossdeu: Ein Dutzend (gr. dódeka „zwölf“, über mhd. ) ist die Bezeichnung für eine Menge von zwölf gleichartigen Dingen, also ein Zählmaß. Das Dutzend war in den vergangenen Jahrhunderten insbesondere beim Handeln eine übliche Einheit. Gebräuchlich waren auch das Schock (fünf Dutzend = 60), das Gros (zwölf Dutzend = 144) und das Großgros (zwölf Gros = 1728).
lexicalizationdeu: Dutzend
Esperanto
has glossepo: Dekduo estas sinonima esprimo por dek du. Diference de anglosaksiaj landoj oni uzas ĝin en Esperanto nur malofte kaj en multaj kuntekstoj ĝi estas sentata kiel arkaismo.
lexicalizationepo: dekduo
Finnish
has glossfin: Kappalemittoja käytetään erityisissä yhteyksissä kappaleen (tunnus kpl) sijasta.
lexicalizationfin: Kappalemitta
French
has glossfra: Une douzaine est une unité de mesure valant exactement ou approximativement douze unités.
lexicalizationfra: Douzaine
Hungarian
has glosshun: A tucat egy másik szó a tizenkettő leírására. Feltehetően újlatin közvetítéssel a latin duodecim szóból származik, bár ősibb eredetre bukkanni az : tamil tadzsan (tucat), illetve a szanszkrit dvádazan (tizenkettő), pahlavi dwazdah (tizenkettő). A tucat alapszám, erre épül a tizenkettes számrendszer is.
lexicalizationhun: tucat
Japanese
has glossjpn: ダース (dozen, 打) とは数量の単位で、12 個を表す。
lexicalizationjpn: ダース
Lithuanian
has glosslit: Tuzinas - vienetinių dydžių skaičiavimo matas, lygus 12 vienetų. Tai dvyliktainės skaičiavimo sistemos rudimentas.
lexicalizationlit: tuzinas
Letzeburgesch
has glossltz: Eng Dosen (v. mëttelhéichdt.: tozen, aus dem lat.: duodecim = zwielef) ass dBezeechnung vun enger Quantitéit vun zwielef gläichaartege Saachen, also eng Zielmooss. DDose war an de vireschte Joerhonnerten besonnesch am Wuereverkéier eng Moossunitéit. Gebräichlech waren och d'Schock (fënnef Dosen = 60) an de Gros (zwielef Dosen = 144).
lexicalizationltz: Dosen
Macedonian
has glossmkd: Дузина е алтернативен збор за бројот дванаесет. Зборот доаѓа од латинскиот збор duodecim. Дузината е едно од најстарите примитивни групирања, верајатно заради тоа што месечината има околу дузина фази во една фаза на сонцето. Употребата на дванаесет како основен број, т.н. дуодецимален систем, веројатно започнала во Месопотамија. Дванаесет дузини (122 = 144) се нарекуваат грос. Дванаесет гроса (123 = 1,728) се нарекуваат маса, израз во употреба при испорака или купување на големо. Голема стотка е 120 или десет дузини (дузина за секој прст на обете раце).
lexicalizationmkd: дузина
Dutch
has glossnld: Een dozijn is een getalsaanduiding voor een aantal van 12 stuks. Als zodanig is het een hoofdtelwoord. Het is afkomstig van het Latijnse woord duodecim. Ook het Franse woord douze is er van afgeleid.
lexicalizationnld: dozijn
Norwegian Nynorsk
has glossnno: Ei tylft, som i norrønt tylft, tolv, er ei mengd på tolv stykke. Tylfter vart tidlegare bruka ved teljing av tømmerstokkar og trelast.
lexicalizationnno: tylft
Norwegian
has glossnor: Et dusin er en gammel mengdeenhet for et antall av 12. Dusin tilhører tolvtallsystemet, sammen med blant andre tomme (1/12 fot).
lexicalizationnor: dusin
Polish
has glosspol: Tuzin – inna nazwa liczby dwanaście, zwykle używana w kontekście ilości (np. tuzin jajek). Samo słowo (fr. douzaine, ang. dozen, niem. Dutzend) pochodzi od łacińskiego duodecim.
lexicalizationpol: tuzin
Portuguese
has glosspor: Dúzia é uma coleção de doze. Há várias explicações para agrupamentos em doze, como a contagem sumérica, a conveniência de múltiplos e divisores e a observação da natureza. São doze os ciclos lunares durante um ano solar. Dúzia na linguagem popular também pode ser usada como expressão para uma quantidade indeterminada.
lexicalizationpor: Dúzia
Russian
has glossrus: Дю́жина — мера поштучного счёта однородных предметов, равная 12. Широко применялась до введения метрической системы и применяется до сих пор при комплектации, например, сервизов, комплектов вилок, больших гарнитуров мебели которые выпускаются почти всегда на 12 или 6 (полудюжина) персон. 12 дюжин составляют гросс.
lexicalizationrus: дюжина
Slovenian
has glossslv: Ducat je enota za količino, ki vsebuje 12 kosov.
lexicalizationslv: Ducat
Castilian
has glossspa: Una docena de artículos equivale a doce artículos. Doce docenas equivalen a una gruesa.
lexicalizationspa: docena
Swedish
has glossswe: Dussin är en antalsenhet. Ett dussin är samma sak som 12 (tolv) stycken.
lexicalizationswe: dussin
Thai
has glosstha: โหล (dozen) เป็นการเรียกจำนวนที่เท่ากับ 12 ในจำนวนนับ โหลอาจถือเป็นการจัดกลุ่มจำนวนนับในยุคแรกๆ เนื่องจากว่าเป็นจำนวนของวงโคจรดวงจันทร์ (เดือน) ในหนึ่งวงโคจรรอบดวงอาทิตย์ (ปี)
lexicalizationtha: โหล
Turkish
has glosstur: Düzine, 12 (on iki) demektir. Latincedeki duodecim kelimesinden türemiştir. Eski Mezopotamya'da onikilik sayma sistemi kullanılırdı. On iki düzineye (12x12) de gross denir. deste , 10 (on) demektir.
lexicalizationtur: Düzine
Yue Chinese
has glossyue: 打(高平聲),英文dozen嘅音譯,係個數,即係一樣嘢十二隻。 例 *一打西餅
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Chinese
has glosszho: 打為數字12的另一種表示法,也是一種單位,源自於拉丁語的duodecim。
lexicalizationzho:
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