treents

Old Catalan

Etymology

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

Numeral

treents m (feminine treentes)

  1. three hundred

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