chent
See also: çhent
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin gēns, gentem. Compare Catalan gent and Occitan gent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃen/
- Syllabification: chent
- Rhymes: -en
Noun
chent f
Norman
| < 99 | 100 | 101 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : chent | ||
Etymology
From Old Northern French chent (Old French cent), from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.
Numeral
chent
- (Jersey, continental) one hundred
- 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[1], page 512:
- L'amour hâle pûs que chent bœufs.
- Love draws more than a hundred oxen.
Derived terms
- chîn chents (“five hundred”)
- deux chents (“two hundred”)
- huit chents (“eight hundred”)
- neu chents (“nine hundred”)
- quat' chents (“four hundred”)
- sept chents (“seven hundred”)
- siêx chents (“six hundred”)
- trais chents (“three hundred”)
Noun
chent m (plural chents)
Old French
Noun
chent oblique singular, m (oblique plural chenz or chentz, nominative singular chenz or chentz, nominative plural chent)
- alternative form of cent