vendredi

vendredi

See also: vendrédi and Véndrédi

Franco-Provençal

Noun

vendredi m

1. Friday (day of the week)

See also

• (days of the week) londi, mârdi, mécredi, jôdi, vendredi, samedi, dimenche ^{(Category: frp:Days of the week)}

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French

Etymology

From Old French vendredi, from Latin Veneris diēs < diēs Veneris (“day of Venus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑ̃.dʁə.di/

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• Rhymes: -i
• Homophone: vendredis

Noun

vendredi m (plural vendredis)

1. Friday
   • 1986, “Il était une fois … une maison des musiciens [There Once Was… a House of Musicians]”, in Il était une fois … une petite grenouille [There Once Was… a Little Frog] (fiction), Paris: CLE International:

     En avant, la musique des jours de la semaine.
     En avant, la musique des jours de la semaine.
     Lundi marche devant,
     Rantaplan.
     Mardi joue de la trompette,
     De la trompette.
     Mercredi du violon,
     Du violon.
     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,
     Rantaplan.
     Tuesday plays the trumpet,
     The trumpet.
     Wednesday the violin,
     The violin.
     Thursday the accordion,
     The accordion.
     Friday and Saturday sing the song of Sunday.
     Friday and Saturday sing the song of Sunday.
     Onward, the music of the days of the week.
     Onward, the music of the days of the week.

1. pl. figurative. Social gatherings on Friday
   • "The Baroness de Bacourt (at whose unforgettable vendredis I had the honor of meeting the lamented poet) has seen fit to approve the pages which follow." Jorge Luis Borges, "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote. In Labyrinths:Selected Stories & Other Writings. Ed. Donald A. Yates & James E. Irby, New Directions Publishing Corporation, ISBN: 0-08112-0012-4 (accessed as electronic document), 1964

Derived terms

• tel qui rit vendredi, dimanche pleurera

Derived terms

• vendredi fou
• vendredi noir
• vendredi saint
• vendredi treize

Descendants

• Esperanto: vendredo
• Haitian Creole: vandredi
• Louisiana Creole French: vendredi, vendrédi
• Mauritian Creole: vandredi
• Seychellois Creole: vandredi

See also

• (days of the week) jours de la semaine; lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi, dimanche ^{(Category: fr:Days of the week)}

Days of the week in French · jours de la semaine (layout · text)
dimanche	lundi	mardi	mercredi	jeudi	vendredi	samedi

Further reading

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

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Louisiana Creole French

Alternative forms

• vendrédi

Etymology

From French vendredi (“Friday”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑ̃.dɾøˈdi/

Noun

vendredi

1. Friday.

Related terms

• Vendredi Sin

See also

Days of the week in Louisiana Creole French · jou-yé a lasmènn (layout · text)
dimansh	lundi, lindi	maddi, mardi	mékrédi, mèkrèdi, mærkrédi	jédi, jèdi	vendredi, vendrédi	sanmdi, sammdi