diemenche

Old French

Alternative forms

Alternative forms
  • demaigne, demmoinne, diameine, diemaigne, diemaine, diemaingne, diemaingue, diemainne, diemeine, diemengne, diemoinne, dimaignes, diamine, dimainne, dimeine, dimengne, dimeyme, diomaine, dymeyne (forms with /-ɲə/ or /-jnə/, both from */-njə/)
  • demange, demeinche, demonge, diemainche, diemanche, diemange, diemege, diemeinche, diemeinge, diemenge, diemoinche, diemoinge, diimainge, diimenche, diimoinche, dimaige, dimainche, dimainge, dimanche, dimange, dimege, dimence, dimenche, dimenge, dimoige, diomenche, doigmange, domange, duemainge, duemange, duemoinge, dunmoige, dyemenche, dyemoinge, dymanche, dymaynge, dymenche, dymenge (forms with /-n(t)ʃə/ or /-n(d)ʒə/)

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin diēs Dominicus via an evolution like *didominicu > *diominicu.

Pronunciation

  • (archaic) IPA(key): /diəˈment͡ʃə/
  • (classical) IPA(key): /diəˈmant͡ʃə/
  • (late) IPA(key): /di(ə)ˈmanʃə/

Noun

diemenche oblique singular, m (oblique plural diemenches, nominative singular diemenches, nominative plural diemenche)

  1. Sunday

Descendants

(Note the alternative forms above.)

  • Franc-Comtois: diémoine
  • French: dimanche
  • Norman: Dînmanche
  • Walloon: dimegne

References

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