FromMiddle English *dosen Old Norse dúsa ( “ to doze, rest, remain quiet ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *dusāną ( “ to be dizzy ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *dʰews- ( “ to fly, whirl ” ) , from*dʰew- ( “ to fly, shake, reek, steam, smolder ” ) .
Cognate withOld Frisian dusia ( “ to be dizzy ” ) ,German Low German dösen ( “ to doze ” ) ,German dösen ( “ to doze ” ) ,Danish døse ( “ to doze ” ) , dialectalSwedish dusa ( “ to doze, slumber ” ) ,Icelandic dúsa ( “ to doze ” ) ,Old English dysiġ ( “ foolish, stupid ” ) ,Scots dosnit ( “ stunned, stupefied ” ) ,Icelandic dúra ( “ to nap, slumber ” ) , also compareDutch doezelen ( “ to doze ” ) . More atdizzy
doze (third-person singular simple present dozes present participle dozing simple past and past participle dozed
( intransitive ) sleep lightly or briefly; tonap ,snooze .I didn’t sleep very well, but I think I may havedozed a bit.
( transitive ) dull ; tostupefy .1666 Samuel Pepys ,diary dated 13 October, 1666 :I was an hour[ …] 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. to sleep lightly or briefly
Aromanian:nsumnedz Belarusian:драма́ць impf ( dramácʹ ) ,падрама́ць pf ( padramácʹ ) ,задрама́ць pf ( zadramácʹ ) Bulgarian:дремя (bg) ( dremja ) Catalan:endormiscar-se (ca) ,abaltir-se (ca) ,adormissar-se (ca) Crimean Tatar:yantaymaq Czech:dřímat impf Dutch:dommelen (nl) Esperanto:dormeti Finnish:torkkua (fi) ,nuokkua (fi) ( lightly ) ;torkahtaa (fi) ( briefly ) French:somnoler (fr) Galician:durmiñar dormexar dormentar moquear (gl) ,trasvaiar topenear (gl) ,tutar cochar sonetar botar (unha )soneca Georgian:თვლემს ( tvlems ) ,სთვლემს ( stvlems ) ,ჩათვლემს ( čatvlems ) ,ჩასთვლემს ( častvlems ) ,წაუძინებს ( c̣auʒinebs ) German:dösen (de) Greek:νυστάζω (el) ( nystázo ) Ancient:νυστάζω ( nustázō ) Ido:dormetar (io) ,somnolar (io) Indonesian:please add this translation if you can Italian:sonnecchiare (it) ,dormicchiare Latin:dormītō Luxembourgish:dösen Malay:please add this translation if you can Maori:turehu kānewha kānewhanewha hāmoemoe newha nenewha hāmoemoe kurehu Norman:haûter Old Church Slavonic:дрѣмати ( drěmati ) Polish:drzemać (pl) impf podrzemać pf Portuguese:cochilar (pt) ,tirar (uma )soneca Romanian:dormita (ro) ,ațipi (ro) ,moțăi (ro) Russian:дрема́ть (ru) ( dremátʹ ) ,прикорну́ть (ru) pf ( prikornútʹ ) ,подрема́ть (ru) pf ( podremátʹ ) ,задремать (ru) pf ( zadrematʹ ) ,( poetic ) грезить (ru) impf ( grezitʹ ) Scots:dover Scottish Gaelic:dèan dùsal Serbo-Croatian:drijémati (sh) Slovak:driemať Sorbian:Lower Sorbian:drěmaś impf pódrěmaś pf Upper Sorbian:drěmać impf Spanish:dormitar (es) ,cabecear (es) Swedish:slumra ,dåsa (sv) Ukrainian:дріма́ти impf ( drimáty ) Vietnamese:ngủ gật
doze (plural dozes
A light, short sleep or nap.I felt much better after a shortdoze .
1944 Railway Magazine , page285 :Others who conscientiously attended the Technical College at night often drooped over their desks in adoze , and one does not wonder at it.
1950 Norman Lindsay ,Dust or Polish? 43 :At the mention of money Mrs Dibble was overcome with great debility, and wheezed, "I don't feel up to talking about money, matters just now, dearie. I think I better have a bit of adoze ."
Clipping ofbulldoze
doze (third-person singular simple present dozes present participle dozing simple past and past participle dozed
( intransitive , slang ) bulldoze .doze
Pronunciation spelling ofthose 1987 Don Rosa ,Recalled Wreck Donald Duck: I'll give you $20 for those old license plates on your fence posts!lucky number ![ …] parole lottery ! I wudn't never selldoze plates!
doze
Superseded spelling ofdoce or dotze Inherited fromLatin duodecim
doze (invariable ( ORB, broad )
twelve douze in DicoFranPro:Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – ondicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca doze in Lo trèsor Arpitan – onarpitan.eu FromOld Galician-Portuguese doze Latin duodecim
doze (reintegrationist norm
twelve “doze ” inDicionário Estraviz de galego (2014). FromLatin duodecim
doze
twelve 15th century ,Codex del Palau :Et Jesus dix a ells vn delsdoze sera qui la ma met en la scudella ab mi. It is one of thetwelve , that dippeth with me in the dish. (KJV ) FromVulgar Latin *dōdeci Latin duodecim
doze
twelve
FromOld Galician-Portuguese doze Vulgar Latin *dōdeci , fromLatin duodecim
doze m or f
twelve Abbreviation ofcalibre 12 ( “ 12-gauge ” ) .
doze f plural dozes
( Brazil , colloquial ) shotgun ( gun which fires loads consisting of small metal balls ) doze f plural dozes
Obsolete spelling ofdose doze m plural dozi
( non-traditional ) Alternative spelling ofdoxe ( “ ruler of Venice or Genoa ” ) doze f plural doze
( non-traditional ) Alternative spelling ofdoxe ( “ dose, quantity ” ) FromOld French doze Vulgar Latin *dōdeci , fromLatin duodecim
doze
twelve 
