different between dize vs doze

English

Alternative forms

• dise

Etymology

From Middle English *disen, from Old English *disan, *disian, from *dise (“bunch of flax on a distaff”), from Proto-Germanic *disan? (“distaff”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Middle Dutch disen (“to dress or prepare a distaff with flax for spinning”), Middle Low German dise, disene (“bunch of flax, distaff”).

Verb

dize (third-person singular simple present dizes, present participle dizing, simple past and past participle dized)

1. (transitive) To dress with flax for spinning, as a distaff; dizen.
2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To put tow on a distaff.

Related terms

• dizen

Anagrams

• Diez, zeid

Portuguese

Verb

dize

1. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of dizer

Spanish

Verb

dize

1. Archaic spelling of dice.

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dize]
• Hyphenation: di?ze

Etymology 1

Noun

dize

1. dative singular of diz

See also

• dize gelmek

Etymology 2

Noun

dize (definite accusative dizeyi, plural dizeler)

1. (poetry) line

Synonyms

• m?sra

Declension

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?di?z?/

Noun

dize c (plural dizen)

1. fog

Further reading

• “dize”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do?z/
• Rhymes: -??z
• Homophones: does, dos, doughs

Etymology 1

From Middle English *dosen, from Old Norse dúsa (“to doze, rest, remain quiet”), from Proto-Germanic *dus?n? (“to be dizzy”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ews- (“to fly, whirl”), from *d?ew- (“to fly, shake, reek, steam, smolder”). Cognate with German Low German dösen (“to doze”), German dösen (“to doze”), Icelandic dúsa (“to doze”), dialectal Swedish dusa (“to doze, slumber”), Danish døse (“to doze”), Old English dysi? (“foolish, stupid”), Scots dosnit (“stunned, stupefied”), Icelandic dúra (“to nap, slumber”), also compare Dutch doezelen (“to doze”). More at dizzy.

Alternative forms

• dose (archaic)

Verb

doze (third-person singular simple present dozes, present participle dozing, simple past and past participle dozed)

1. (intransitive) To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.

   I didn’t sleep very well, but I think I may have dozed a bit.
2. (transitive) To make dull; to stupefy.
   • 1666, Samuel Pepys, diary dated 13 October, 1666

     I was an hour […] in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work.

   • October 29, 1693, Robert South, a sermon preached at Christ-church in Oxford before the university

     They left for a long time (as it were) dozed and benumbed.

3. (intransitive, slang) To bulldoze.

Synonyms

• (sleep lightly): slumber

Translations

Noun

doze (plural dozes)

1. A light, short sleep or nap.

   I felt much better after a short doze.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:sleep

Derived terms

• dozer
• doze off
• dozy

Translations

See also

• catnap
• nap
• shuteye
• sleep
• slumber

Etymology 2

Determiner

doze

1. Pronunciation spelling of those.
   • 1987, Don Rosa, Recalled Wreck

     Donald Duck: I'll give you $20 for those old license plates on your fence posts!

     Other man: Hah? No chance! I bought dis house 'cause it has dis address! It's me lucky number! […] It was me prison number at Leavenworst and de winning number in de weekly parole lottery! I wudn't never sell doze plates!

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• dotze
• doce

Etymology

From Latin duodecim.

Numeral

doze

1. twelve

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *d?deci, from Latin duodecim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dud?z?/

Numeral

doze

1. twelve

Derived terms

• dozaine (“dozen”)
  • French: douzaine (see there for further descendants)
  • ? Middle Dutch: dosine
    • Dutch: dozijn (see there for further descendants)
  • ? Middle English: dozen, dozein, dozeyne
    • English: dozen (see there for further descendants)
  • ? Middle High German: totzan, totzen
    • German: Tutzet, Dutzet (archaic); Dutzend (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

• French: douze
• Norman: douze
• Walloon: doze

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese doze, from Vulgar Latin *d?deci, from Latin duodecim.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?do.z?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?do.zi/
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /?do.ze/
• Hyphenation: do?ze
• Rhymes: -ozi

Adjective

doze m or f

1. twelve

Noun

doze m (plural dozes)

1. twelve (the numerical value 12 or something with the value of 12)

Noun

doze f (plural dozes)

1. (Brazil, colloquial) shotgun (gun which fires loads consisting of small metal balls)

Etymology 2

Noun

doze f (plural dozes)

1. Obsolete spelling of dose

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French doze, from Vulgar Latin *d?deci, from Latin duodecim.

Numeral

doze

1. twelve