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Catalan
Etymology 1
Adverb
donc
- (obsolete, dialectal) Alternative form of doncs
Etymology 2
Verb
donc
- (dialectal, Alghero) first-person singular present indicative of donar
Further reading
- “donc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
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
Adverb
donc
- 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.
Derived terms
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Further reading
Occitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin dunc. Compare Catalan doncs and French donc.
Pronunciation
Conjunction
donc
- then, so, thus
Further reading