noun🔗ShareDes douzainesA set of twelve."Can I have a dozen eggs, please?"Puis-je avoir une douzaine d'œufs, s'il vous plaît ?numberamountmathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareDes douzaines, beaucoup(as plural only, always followed by of) A large, unspecified number of, comfortably estimated in small multiples of twelve, thus generally implied to be significantly more than ten or twelve, but less than perhaps one or two hundred; many."There must have been dozens of examples just on the first page."Il devait y avoir des douzaines d'exemples rien que sur la première page.numberamountstatisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareDouzainesAn old English measure of ore containing 12 hundredweight."The mine yielded several dozens of iron ore this week, each representing a significant amount of valuable material. "La mine a produit plusieurs douzaines de minerai de fer cette semaine, chacune représentant une quantité importante de matériau précieux.amountmaterialhistoryunitChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLes vacheries, les insultes(usually with "the") A verbal game in which two or more people exchange witty insults."During lunch break, the students often played the dozens, trading funny and creative insults back and forth. "Pendant la pause déjeuner, les élèves jouaient souvent aux vacheries, échangeant des insultes drôles et créatives.culturelanguageentertainmentgamecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
