No. 6,018 in French
douze
"Twelve."
In a sentence
J'ai acheté douze pommes au marché aujourd'hui.
I bought twelve apples at the market today.
Here, 'douze' is used as a cardinal number indicating the quantity of apples purchased.
Le bus numéro douze est en retard ce matin.
The bus number twelve is late this morning.
'Douze' is used as a numeral name identifying the particular bus in the context of a transportation system.
Nous avons douze raisons de croire qu'il réussira.
We have twelve reasons to believe he will succeed.
In this sentence, 'douze' enumerates the exact count of reasons, showing its function to express quantity in non-material contexts.
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