dou-x, -ce, adj., sweet; soft, smooth; easy; gentle, mild; fragrant, agreeable, comfortable, charming, pleasant; harmonious; peaceful, calm; unfermented; fresh (of water); mellow. Eau —ce; fresh water, soft water. Poisson d’eau —ce; fresh-water fish. Senteur —ce; sweet smell. Une taille douce; a copper-plate. Un billet —; a love-letter. Faire les yeux —; to cast amorous glances. Il fait bien —; the weather is very mild. —ce rêverie; sweet musing. Mener une vie —ce; to lead an easy, agreeable life. Un — sourire; a gracious smile. Il est — comme un agneau; he is as gentle as a lamb.
doux, adv., gently; submissively. Filer —; to knuckle under; to eat humble pie. Tout —; softly, gently.
douzaine, n.f., dozen. Une demi —; half a dozen. À la —, Par —; by the dozen. C’est un poète à la —; he is a sorry poet, a rhyming hack.
douze, adj., twelve, twelfth. Les — signes du zodiaque; the twelve signs of the zodiac. Charles —; Charles the twelfth. C’est le — aujourd’hui; to-day is the twelfth.
douze, n.m., twelve, twelfth. Le — du mois; the twelfth instant. Un in-—; a duodecimo.
douzième, n.m. and adj., twelfth.
douzièmement, adv., twelfthly, in the twelfth place.
*douzil, n.m., spigot, peg.
doxologie, n.f., doxology.
doyen, n.m., dean; senior, oldest member.