dozen

douzaine

Ensemble de douze personnes ou choses.

En anglais simple : A group of twelve people or things.

• I bought a dozen eggs.
• She baked two dozen cookies.
• We need half a dozen chairs for the meeting.

Comment l'utiliser : a dozen + plural noun (She bought a dozen roses.); dozen of + determiner/pronoun (A dozen of the guests stayed overnight.)

Synonymes : twelve

Expressions courantes : a dozen eggs, half a dozen, by the dozen

des dizaines

Au pluriel, désigne un grand nombre de personnes ou de choses.

En anglais simple : A large number of people or things, usually expressed with the plural form.

• Dozens of people came to the party.
• I have told you dozens of times.
• She received dozens of messages after the interview.

Comment l'utiliser : dozens of + plural noun (Dozens of people waited outside.)

Synonymes : a large number, a great many

Expressions courantes : dozen messages, dozen times, dozen people