semaine

Inherited from Middle French sepmaine, from Old French semaine, from Late Latin septimāna (“week”), from the Latin septimānus (“related to the seventh element of a series”, adjective), derived from septimus (“seventh”).

• IPA^(key): /sə.mɛn/
• IPA^(key): (informal) /smɛn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛn

semaine f (plural semaines)

1. week

   Je l'ai vu il n'y a pas plus longtemps qu'une semaine.

   I saw him no longer than a week ago.

2. (Quebec) menstrual period

   Je suis dans ma semaine.

   I'm having my period.

• fin de semaine
• la semaine des quatre jeudis

• Antillean Creole: simenn
• Aruamu: semen
• Guianese Creole: simenn
• Haitian Creole: semèn
• Karipúna Creole French: simén
• Louisiana Creole: lasmènn, smènn
• Seychellois Creole: lasemenn, semenn, smenn
• Tayo: semen
• → Esperanto: semajno

• days of the week: jours de la semaine (appendix): lundi · mardi · mercredi · jeudi · vendredi · samedi · dimanche ^[edit]

• “semaine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• amnésie, animées, maniées

• semainne, sepmaine

From Late Latin septimāna (“week”), from the Latin septimānus (“related to the seventh element of a series”, adjective), derived from septimus (“seventh”).

semaine oblique singular, f (oblique plural semaines, nominative singular semaine, nominative plural semaines)

1. week