A term meaning a group of twelve, especially in French legal or traditional contexts; related to the dozen.
From French douzaine, derived from douze meaning 'twelve,' from Latin duodecim. The suffix -aine creates a noun indicating a collection or group.
France used 'douzaines' officially to count things before the metric system—they had a whole system where groups of twelve had legal and commercial significance!
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