quinze-vingts
Meaning
quinze-vingt
- (masculine) a blind patient of the Hôpital des Quinze-Vingts
- (masculine) a blind person
Concepts
Synonyms
300
Translations
dreihundert
trecenti
trezentosPronounced as (IPA)
/kɛ̃z.vɛ̃/
Etymology
Literally, “fifteen twenties”, using an archaic vigesimal counting system. This archaism is partially preserved due to a famous ophthalmological hospital in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, l'Hôpital des Quinze-Vingts, literally, “the Hospital of the Three Hundred”, referring to the number of beds.
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