encan
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier enquent, from Middle French inquant, from Medieval Latin inquantum (“in as much as”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]encan m (plural encans)
- auction
- Synonym: enchère
- 1884, Joris-Karl Huysmans, chapter XVI, in À rebours [Against the Grain]:
- Les terres ne rapportant plus, elles avaient été avec les châteaux mises à l’encan, car l’or manquait pour acheter les maléfices vénériens aux descendants hébétés des vieilles races !
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: encant
Further reading
[edit]- “encan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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