doce

• dotze

From Latin duodecim.

doce

1. twelve

• dolce

From Latin duodecim.

doce (indeclinable)

1. twelve

• docenu

From Old Portuguese doze, from Latin duodecim.

doce (indeclinable)

1. twelve

From Old Portuguese doce, from Latin dulcis, dulcem (“sweet”), from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥kú-.

doce m or f (plural doces)

1. sweet

• auga doce

doce m (plural doces)

1. a sweet, confection

docē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of doceō

• doce in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

From Latin dulcis, dulcem.

doce

1. sweet

• doçe

From Latin dulcis, dulcem (“sweet”), from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥kú- (“sweet”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdo.t͡se/

doce (plural doces)

1. sweet
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 278 (facsimile):

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

     […] which are sweeter than honey […]

• Galician: doce
• Mirandese: doce
• Portuguese: doce
  • Papiamentu (?): dushi
  • Sãotomense: dochi

From Old Portuguese doce, from Latin dulcis, dulcem (“sweet”), from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥kú- (“sweet”). Compare Galician doce, Spanish dulce, Catalan dolç, Occitan doç, French doux, Italian dolce and Romanian dulce.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.sɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.si/
• Hyphenation: do‧ce

doce m or f (plural doces, comparable)

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…

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:doce.

doce m (plural doces)

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

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:doce.

• “doce” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈdoθe/, [ˈd̪oθe]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈdose/, [ˈd̪ose]

doce

1. twelve

• doceno/docena
• dos
• diez