doutance

Inherited from Old French doutance.

IPA^(key): /du.tɑ̃s/

doutance f (plural doutances)

1. doubt

   J'ai doutance qü tu sos chantou.

   I doubt that you are a singer.

• aivoâr doutance

• Jean Daunay, Parlers de Champagne, 1998
• Baudouin, Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux (Ville-sous-la-Ferté), 1887

From douter +‎ -ance.

doutance oblique singular, f (oblique plural doutances, nominative singular doutance, nominative plural doutances)

1. doubt
   • 12^th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:

     Ce sachiez, sire, sanz doutance

     This you know, sire, without any doubt

• → English: doubtance (obsolete)
• French: doutance (obsolete)