This is the 6018th most frequent French word.
douze
"Twelve."
Here, 'douze' is used as a cardinal number indicating the quantity of apples purchased.
J'ai acheté douze pommes au marché aujourd'hui.
I bought twelve apples at the market today.
'Douze' is used as a numeral name identifying the particular bus in the context of a transportation system.
Le bus numéro douze est en retard ce matin.
The bus number twelve is late this morning.
In this sentence, 'douze' enumerates the exact count of reasons, showing its function to express quantity in non-material contexts.