donc
Catalan
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adverb
[edit]donc
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]donc
Further reading
[edit]- “donc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French dunc, from Vulgar Latin dunc, from a crossing of Latin tunc with dum. Compare Italian dunque, Occitan donc and Catalan doncs.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
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- therefore, consequently; thus
- René Descartes, 17th Century
- Je pense, donc je suis.
- I think, therefore I am.
- Le coefficient utilisé lors de ce tirage est donc le plus élevé du tour préliminaire.
- The coefficient used for this random selection is therefore the highest for the preliminary round.
- La fécondation ayant lieu en moyenne deux semaines après, à titre d’exemple une grossesse qui durerait trente-neuf semaines se déroulerait donc entre les termes de deux et quarante et une semaines d’aménorrhée.
- Fertilisation occurring on average two weeks later, for example a pregnancy lasting thirty-nine weeks would thus take place between the terms of two and forty-one weeks of amenorrhea.
- René Descartes, 17th Century
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Esperanto: do
Further reading
[edit]- “donc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Occitan
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin dunc. Compare Catalan doncs and French donc.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Conjunction
[edit]donc
Further reading
[edit]- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 231.
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