dimanche

French

Etymology

From Old French diemenche, from Vulgar Latin *diominicu < *didominicu, from diēs dominicum, from Latin diēs Dominicus (“day of the Lord”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /di.mɑ̃ʃ/
Audio (France) (file)
Rhymes: -ɑ̃ʃ
Homophone: dimanches

Noun

dimanche m (plural dimanches)

Sunday

See also

(days of the week) jours de la semaine; lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi, dimanche

Further reading

“dimanche” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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