# doce
## Aragonese
### Alternative forms

* dotze

### Etymology

From Navarro-Aragonese doze, from Latin duodecim.

### Numeral

doce
* twelve

## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* dolce

### Etymology

From Latin duodecim.

### Numeral

doce (indeclinable)
* twelve

#### Derived terms

* docenu

## Franco-Provençal
### Adjective

doce
* feminine singular of dox

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdoθe/ [ˈd̪o.θɪ]
* IPA: (standard) /ˈdoθe/ [ˈd̪o.θɪ]
* IPA: (seseo) /ˈdose/ [ˈd̪o.sɪ]
* Rhymes: -oθe
* Rhymes: -oθe
* Rhymes: -ose
* Hyphenation: do‧ce

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese doze, from Latin duodecim.

#### Numeral

doce (indeclinable)
* twelve

#### Noun

doce f pl (plural only)
* (always preceded by the definite article) twelve o'clock
    Synonym: doce en punto
    Son as doce ― It's twelve o'clock.

##### Related terms

* ducia

### Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese doce, from Latin dulcis (“sweet”).

#### Alternative forms

* dulce (proscribed)

#### Adjective

doce m or f (plural doces)
* sweet
** 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:Dime algùnha còusa dòce como habes doito, é catá, que si así no no fazèdes, me escatìmo, é velo hàs. Ven sabedes, vaiche bòa! como estas cousas se fàn, è madia tendes, senon eu êime de encabuxar.Tell me something sweet As you use to, but beware, if you don't do it like that I'll take offence, you'll see. You know well, it could not be otherwise! how these things are done, no doubt about it or else I'll get angry.

##### Derived terms

* auga doce
* herba doce

#### Noun

doce m (plural doces)
* sweet (candy), confection

#### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “doce”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “doce”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “doce”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

#### Further reading

* “doce”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Latin
### Verb

docē
* second-person singular present active imperative of doceō

### References

* doce in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Neapolitan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin dulcem. Compare Sicilian duci.

### Pronunciation

* (Naples) IPA: [ˈɾoːt͡ʃə]

### Adjective

doce
* sweet

### References

* AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1266: “una mela dolce” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* doçe

### Etymology

From Latin dulcem, accusative of dulcis (“sweet”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdot͡se/
* Rhymes: -ot͡se
* Hyphenation: do‧ce

### Adjective

doce m or f (plural doces)
* sweet
** a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 278 (facsimile):[…] que ſon mais doceſ ca mel […] […] which are sweeter than honey […]

#### Descendants

* Fala: doci
* Galician: doce
* Portuguese: doce (see there for further descendants)

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “doce”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “doce”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese doce, from Latin dulcem (“sweet”). Doublet of Dulce.
Compare Guaraní doce and Sicilian duci.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdo.si/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdo.si/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈdo.se/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdo.sɨ/
* Hyphenation: do‧ce

### Adjective

doce m or f (plural doces)
* sweet
** 1902, Fernando Pessoa, Quando ela passa:
    Quando eu me sento à janela P'los vidros qu'a neve embaça Vejo a doce imagem d'ela Quando passa… passa… passa…When I sit at the window I see through the panes clouded by snow The sweet image of her When she passes… passes… passes…
** 2010, Marcial Serrano, O Livro Proibido do Jiu Jitsu: Volume 3, Clube de Autores, page 40:Enquanto isso vai tomando o doce saqué, em minúsculas tijelinhas brancas, quase do tamanho de um dedal.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Descendants

* Macanese: dóci
* >? Papiamentu: dushi
* Sãotomense: dochi

### Noun

doce m (plural doces)
* sweet, candy
* (Brazil, slang) LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)

#### Related terms

* adoçado
* adoçar
* adocicado
* adocicar
* doçaria
* doceiro

#### Descendants

* → Hunsrik: Doss

### Further reading

* “doce”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish doze, dodze from Latin duodecim. Compare English dozen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /ˈdoθe/ [ˈd̪o.θe]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈdose/ [ˈd̪o.se]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -oθe
* Rhymes: -ose
* Syllabification: do‧ce

### Numeral

doce
* twelve

#### Related terms

* diez
* doceavo
* docena
* doceno
* dos

#### Descendants

* → Cebuano: dose
* → Tagalog: dose

### Further reading

* “doce”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10