doents

Old Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ducentōs, accusative case of ducentī. In modern Catalan, replaced by dos-cents (“two hundred”), a compound of dos (“two”) +‎ cents (“hundreds”). Cf. the replacement of Old Catalan treents (“three hundred”) with modern tres-cents.

Numeral

doents m (feminine doentes)

  1. two hundred

Synonyms

Further reading
  • “doents” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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