tucet

Czech

Etymology

From 16–17th-century German Tutzet, Dutzet (today Dutzend)[1] from Middle High German totzen from Old French dozaine (today douzaine) from doze (“twelve”) from Latin duodecim (“twelve”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtut͡sɛt]
  • Hyphenation: tu‧cet

Noun

tucet m inan

  1. dozen

Declension
Declension of tucet (hard masculine inanimate reducible)
singular plural
nominative tucet tucty
genitive tuctu tuctů
dative tuctu tuctům
accusative tucet tucty
vocative tucte tucty
locative tuctu tuctech
instrumental tuctem tucty

Derived terms

References
  1. Machek, Václav (1968) “tucet”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 659
  2. "tucet" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Further reading
  • tucet in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • tucet in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • tucet in Internetová jazyková příručka

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Dutzend.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tǔt͡set/
  • Hyphenation: tu‧cet

Noun

tùcet m (Cyrillic spelling ту̀цет)

  1. (with genitive) dozen

Declension
Declension of tucet
singular plural
nominative tucet tuceta
genitive tuceta tuceta
dative tucetu tucetima
accusative tucet tuceta
vocative tucet tuceta
locative tucetu tucetima
instrumental tucetom tucetima
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