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Jun 2, 2024 · Jeudi de l’accordéon, De l’accordéon. Vendredi et samedi chantent la chanson de dimanche. Vendredi et samedi chantent la chanson de dimanche. En avant, la musique des jours de la semaine. En avant, la musique des jours de la semaine. Onward, the music of the days of the week. Onward, the music of the days of the week. Monday marches ahead ...
- What Are The 7 Days of The Week in The French Language?
- The Etymology of The 7 Days of The Week in French
- Original Names of The Roman (and Greek) Days of The Week
- Useful French Days of The Week Questions, Sentences, Expressions and Vocabulary
- Memorizing The 7 Days of The Week in French
Before we dive into the etymology of the 7 days of the week in French, let’s establish their names in the order a French person would say them.
With the exception of Saturday and Sunday, the days of the week in French are named after the planets of Hellenistic astrology, which are the seven classical planets easily seen with the naked eye. They are the Moon, the planets Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and the Sun. (The sun and moon were once considered planets.)
Here are the original days of the week names in Latin, the planet the day was named after in French and most romance languages, and the associated Greek and Roman gods.
What gender are the 7 French days of the week?
All days of the week in French are masculine.
Why aren’t the 7 days of the week in French capitalized?
Capitalization is much less common in French than in English. You never capitalize the days of the week in French unless they start a sentence. Months of the year and languages are also not capitalized in French, and you never capitalize nationalities in Frenchwhen they are used as adjectives to modify a noun.
Monday to Friday
1. Lundi à Vendredi
Now that you know that the origins for the names of the 7 days of the week in French stem from the Roman names of the planets, memorizing the days of the week in French becomes much easier Just remember Saturday and Sunday are the only two days of the week in French that are not named after celestial bodies, planets or deities. Saturday was changed...
Le jeudi est le quatrième jour de la semaine civile dans plusieurs pays. Il est le cinquième de la semaine chrétienne, de la semaine juive et de la semaine musulmane. Il succède à mercredi et précède vendredi. Le substantif masculin 1, 2, 3 « jeudi », prononcé /ʒø.di/ en français standard 2, est issu du bas 3 latin 1, 2 Jovis dies ...
Names of the days of the week. Italian cameo bracelet representing the days of the week, corresponding to the planets as Roman gods: Diana as the Moon for Monday, Mars for Tuesday, Mercury for Wednesday, Jupiter for Thursday, Venus for Friday, Saturn for Saturday, and Apollo as the Sun for Sunday. Middle 19th century, Walters Art Museum.
JEUDI translate: Thursday, Thursday. Learn more in the Cambridge French-English Dictionary.
On dit proverbialement, en parlant d'une chose impossible, qu'elle se fera la semaine des trois Jeudis, trois jours aprés jamais ; quoy qu'en parlant en Astronome, elle pust arriver à l'égard de deux hommes, dont l'un auroit fait le tour de la terre en allant par l'Orient, & l'autre par l'Occident, & qui en rencontreroient un troisiéme qui n'auroit bougé du lieu.
Many translated example sentences containing "jeudi" – English-French dictionary and search engine for English translations.
