dimanche
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French diemenche, from Late Latin diēs Dominicus (literally “day of the Lord”) via an evolution like *didominicu > *diominicu. Compare Catalan diumenge and Occitan dimenge.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdimanche m (plural dimanches)
- Sunday
- 1986, “Il était une fois … une maison des musiciens [There Once Was… a House of Musicians]”, in Il était une fois … une petite grenouille [There Once Was… a Little Frog] (fiction), Paris: CLE International:
- En avant, la musique des jours de la semaine.
En avant, la musique des jours de la semaine.
Lundi marche devant,
Rantaplan.
Mardi joue de la trompette,
De la trompette.
Mercredi du violon,
Du violon.
Jeudi de l’accordéon,
De l’accordéon.
Vendredi et samedi chantent la chanson de dimanche.
Vendredi et samedi chantent la chanson de dimanche.
En avant, la musique des jours de la semaine.
En avant, la musique des jours de la semaine.- Onward, the music of the days of the week.
Onward, the music of the days of the week.
Monday marches ahead,
Rantaplan.
Tuesday plays the trumpet,
The trumpet.
Wednesday the violin,
The violin.
Thursday the accordion,
The accordion.
Friday and Saturday sing the song of Sunday.
Friday and Saturday sing the song of Sunday.
Onward, the music of the days of the week.
Onward, the music of the days of the week.
- Onward, the music of the days of the week.
Derived terms
editDescendants
editSee also
edit- (days of the week) jours de la semaine; lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi, dimanche (Category: fr:Days of the week)
Days of the week in French · jours de la semaine (layout · text) | ||||||
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dimanche | lundi | mardi | mercredi | jeudi | vendredi | samedi |
Further reading
edit- “dimanche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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