hebdomadaire
French
Etymology
From Latin hebdomadarius, from Latin hebdomas (English hebdomad), from Ancient Greek ἑβδομάς (hebdomás, “seven, group of seven”).
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /ɛb.dɔ.ma.dɛːʁ/ [1]
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Adjective
hebdomadaire (plural hebdomadaires)
- weekly
- 1857, Phillippe Athanase Cucheval-Clarigny, Histoire de la presse en Angleterre et aux États-Unis, page 472:
- M. Willis est aujourd'hui le directeur de la Feuille du foyer (Home Journal), journal hebdomadaire qui se publie à New-York et qui est consacré presque exclusivement à la littérature.
- Mr Willis is today the director of the Home Journal, a weekly newspaper which is published in New York and which is dedicated almost exclusively to literature.
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Derived terms
- bihebdomadaire
- bihebdomadairement
- hebdomadairement
Noun
hebdomadaire m (plural hebdomadaires)
- weekly magazine
Synonyms
- hebdo
See also
- semainier
References
- “hebdomadaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.