12 in French
douze
Updated May 2026
A dozen
NUMERAL
12
FRENCH
douze
IPA
/duz/
Real sentence examples
“Je voudrais une douzaine d'oeufs (douze).”
“Il est midi - il est douze heures.”
“L'horloge marque douze heures cinq.”
Pronunciation and morphology notes
Douze is a unique word (not "dix-deux"). The form survives from Latin "duodecim". Note "midi" is more common than "douze heures" in everyday speech, though both are correct. Une douzaine (a dozen) is a collective noun built on douze.
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