setmana

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan setmana, from Late Latin septimāna (week), from Latin septimānus (related to the seventh element of a series, adjective), derived from septimus (seventh).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [səmˈma.nə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [seˈma.na]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

setmana f (plural setmanes)

  1. week

Derived terms

See also

References

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

setmana f (plural setmanas)

  1. week

Derived terms

References

  • Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 124.

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin septimānam, singular accusative of septimāna, from the Latin septimānus (related to the seventh element of a series, adjective), derived from septimus (seventh).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /setˈmana/, /semˈmana/?

Noun

setmana f (plural setmanas)

  1. week
    • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 69v. col. 1:
      enforteçra firmanento a los mayores una ſetmana e en la media ſetmana faldra la oſtia.
      he will enforce a covenant with many for a week, but in the middle of the week the oblation will cease.

Descendants

  • Ladino: semana
  • Spanish: semana
  • Moroccan Arabic: سيمانة (sīmāna)