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quinze-vingts

/kɛ̃z.vɛ̃/

number/kɛ̃z.vɛ̃/

three hundred

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.