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/di.zɛn/
Translation
about ten, a group of ten
Word origin
From dix ('ten') plus the collective suffix -aine, the same pattern as douzaine and centaine, ultimately from the Latin ending -ena used for round numbers.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- dix + -aine
Grammar
Examples
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There were about ten people in the room.
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She received about ten messages this morning.
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We waited for about ten minutes.
is grammatically singular but behaves like the plural quantity it names: "une dizaine de personnes attendaient" takes a plural verb, agreeing with the people, not with the word dizaine itself. The same pattern holds for douzaine, vingtaine and centaine.
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