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chent

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See also: çhent

Aragonese

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Etymology

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From Latin gēns, gentem. Compare Catalan gent and Occitan gent.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃen/
  • Rhymes: -en
  • Syllabification: chent

Noun

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chent f

  1. people

Norman

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Norman cardinal numbers
 <  99 100 101  > 
    Cardinal : chent

Etymology

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From Old Northern French chent (Old French cent), from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

Numeral

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chent

  1. (Jersey, France) 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

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Noun

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chent m (plural chents)

  1. (Jersey) hundredweight

Old French

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Noun

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chent oblique singularm (oblique plural chenz or chentz, nominative singular chenz or chentz, nominative plural chent)

  1. Alternative form of cent