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
Noun
setmana f (plural setmanes)
Derived terms
- cap de setmana
- setmanada
- setmanal
- setmanari
- setmaner
- setmania
See also
- days of the week: dies de la setmana (appendix): dilluns · dimarts · dimecres · dijous · divendres · dissabte · diumenge [edit]
References
- “setmana”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “setmana”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “setmana” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “setmana” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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
Audio: (file)
Noun
setmana f (plural setmanas)
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)
- 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.